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Blair institute for global change working with over a0 countries, the former prime minister is still searching for answers to the great challenges of our time. Labour s back in power after 14 years. Very, very few people know what it feels like to actually be the prime minister of a new government, to be a country s leader. What does. . . What did it feel like as you walked through that door and into power in 1997? well, for me, the feelings were less those of elation. I mean, everyone around me was. . . . . Was, you know, celebrating, but i was very conscious of the fact, first of all, i d never been a minister, let alone a prime minister, and secondly, there is an awesome sense of responsibility. So you realise you re going to be taking decisions, you know you re on the start of a journey, you know the journey is going to be really difficult, you know there s going to be a whole lot of events and circumstances you can t predict. And you re acutely conscious of the fact that there is ....
Sir tony, thank you for speaking to me. It s very good to see you. Let s start with some feelings before we get to plenty of facts. Labour s back in power after 14 years. Very, very few people know what it feels like to actually be the prime minister of a new government, to be a country s leader. What does. . . What did it feel like as you walked through that door and into power in 1997? well, for me, the feelings were less those of elation. I mean, everyone around me was. . . . . Was, you know, celebrating, but i was very conscious immense burden of responsibility that comes with power, or should do. One of the fundamental challenges that notjust britain but lots of western democracies face today is populism. And i would say, tell me if you think differently, i would say populism is broadly that mode of politics in which charismatic leaders claim to represent the will of the people against a ruling elite. In your view, should populism be, as george orwell said of saints, always consid ....
On sunday night. Press Freedom Campaigners say 140 journalists were threatened or attacked with some claiming that democracy itself is under fire. I am mobeen azhar, and i have been hearing from those who say they have been attacked in an effort to silence them. In may 2023, imran riaz, one of pakistans most well known journalists, with millions of followers online, is arrested at Sialkot Airport as he tries to leave the country. In his last speech before his arrest, imran riaz criticised the powerful Pakistani Military for gagging journalists. He blamed the military for ousting former Prime Minister imran khan in april, 2022. Many believe it was this speech that got him arrested. It wasnt the first time the journalist had paid a price for his critique. Th ....
On sunday night. Press Freedom Campaigners say 140 journalists were threatened or attacked with some claiming that democracy itself is under fire. I am mobeen azhar, and i have been hearing from those who say they have been attacked in an effort to silence them. In may 2023, imran riaz, one of pakistans most well known journalists, with millions of followers online, is arrested at Sialkot Airport as he tries to leave the country. In his last speech before his arrest, imran riaz criticised the powerful Pakistani Military for gagging journalists. He blamed the military for ousting former Prime Minister imran khan in april, 2022. Many believe it was this speech that got him arrested. It wasnt the first time the journalist had paid a price for his critique. Th ....
On sunday night. Press Freedom Campaigners say 140 journalists were threatened or attacked with some claiming that democracy itself is under fire. I am mobeen azhar, and i have been hearing from those who say they have been attacked in an effort to silence them. In may 2023, imran riaz, one of pakistans most well known journalists, with millions of followers online, is arrested at Sialkot Airport as he tries to leave the country. In his last speech before his arrest, imran riaz criticised the powerful Pakistani Military for gagging journalists. He blamed the military for ousting former Prime Minister imran khan in april, 2022. Many believe it was this speech that got him arrested. It wasnt the first time the journalist had paid a price for his critique. Th ....