Jonathan Powell on Ukraine, Putin and UK Foreign Policy

Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards

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4.7 • 909 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This week on the podcast, Tony Blair’s former chief of staff, Jonathan Powell, reflects on the current international crisis. Jonathan met Putin several times during different phases of his leadership, and has been involved in negotiations - including in Northern Ireland - where resolution in any form seemed close to impossible. Plus brilliant questions, and news of my Union Jack socks, arriving soon. Rock N Roll Politics is live at Kings Place on Thursday March 17th, and streaming live: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words/rock-n-roll-politics-17-mar/ Get Rock'n'Roll Politics early when you back the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RockNRollPolitics Jonathan Powell’s books include: Great Hatred, Little Room: Making Peace in Northern Ireland Don’t forget to add your personal RSS for the podcast to your favourite app so you can listen wherever you are… Email: steveric14@icloud.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:14.8	Christmas is sorted. Hello and welcome to rock and roll politics, the weekly podcast with me, Steve Richards.
1:50.1	Thanks so much for tuning in wherever you are in the UK and indeed from around the rest of the world.
1:56.5	And as ever, we've got a lot to cram in in our time together.
2:00.7	If it's okay with you, the main part of the podcast will be an interview with Jonathan Powell,
2:06.0	who of course was Chief of Staff for Tony Blair in number 10 and indeed in opposition.
2:10.5	He met Vladimir Putin many times in very interesting and contrasting situations,
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