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Iraq: 20 Years On | Tony Blair on Trial

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4.21.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Tony Blair is the man who reinvented Labour, won a landslide majority in 1997 and went on to win three elections, becoming Labour’s longest-serving prime minister. He is also the man accused of lies, hubris, money-making deals and taking us into an illegal war.   This episode features a live event which Intelligence Squared hosted in London in March 2016, when we put Tony Blair on trial and examined his legacy on foreign policy, health, education and much more. Levelling charges against him was Tom Bower, investigative journalist and author of Broken Vows: Tony Blair and the Tragedy of Power. Defending him was the journalist and Times columnist David Aaronovitch. This event was originally produced by Hannah Kaye. This series was produced by Farah Jassat and Catharine Hughes, with editing and artwork from Catharine Hughes. Music is by Lesfm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, this is Jeremy Bowen, the International Editor of BBC News, and I'm here because I want

0:05.1

to talk to you about an event I'm doing with Intelligent Squared on the 2nd of November in London,

0:11.5

and I'm going to be talking about the more than 30 years that I've spent reporting on major

0:17.6

events in the Middle East with my great friend and colleague over many, many years, Justin Webb.

0:25.6

And I'm sure we'll talk about a few other things as well, Justin and I started at the BBC on

0:31.6

the same day in 1984. So, if you'd like to join us either in person or online, then visit

0:41.6

IntelligentSquared.com to find out more.

0:49.4

Hello, it's Kamala Ahmed here, and I'm here to tell you about

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0:58.0

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1:05.0

more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in the next two decades, and increase that

1:11.5

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1:17.3

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1:23.4

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1:46.6

Welcome to Iraq Legacy of War, brought to you by Intelligent Squared.

1:57.1

I'm producer Catherine Heath. In this limited series, we're looking at the legacy of the war in

2:01.8

Iraq 20 years after the US led invasion in March 2003. Join us as we look back at one of the most

2:09.1

significant military interventions in modern history, and address how its legacy has defined global

2:14.4

tensions and foreign policy today. If you missed our previous episodes where we discuss the

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