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🗓️ 31 December 2021
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Welcome to Prime Ministerial. In each episode Jonn Elledge and Stephen Bush will look at the legacy of the previous six prime ministers and ask whether they achieved success on their own terms.
This episode focuses on Tony Blair. As one of the architects of New Labour, he returned the party to power after 18 years. Blair went on to win three elections, but will be remembered for his decision to lead Britain to war in Iraq and his battle with his chancellor and successor Gordon Brown.
Stephen and Jonn speak to the academic Kitty Stewart, Blair’s former policy adviser and cabinet minister Andrew Adonis, and the third man of New Labour Peter Mandelson.
Produced by Adrian Bradley and May Robson, with thanks to Caroline Crampton and Nick Hilton.
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0:00.0 | Mae gfordd yn gallu ynild ar yr y gwaithiad gwahanol, yth gwaithiad y pwysig'n y gwaithiad cymrydau yr cymryd |
0:08.6 | y gallu yn olygu gweithydd gael mwy o foorthiol a'r y gwaithadau ac yn yr Celebrnicell |
0:11.9 | y Dwi'n yr Gawrman rheid y boxedd yn sибau sy'n ei cael eu gallu'r yr wybodaeth, |
0:18.9 | ylar y gwaithadau i'n gallu yn anodd yn gwaitheti sy'n gwaithadau relig o gyfratiadau |
0:25.0 | a ymu reiwm i chi canymru ei gwaithetau sut, yw gwaithadau gwaithadau sefyd! |
0:28.1 | It's the first of May 1997. |
0:31.8 | After 18 years in opposition, Tony Blair has led the Labour Party to a landslide majority. |
0:36.6 | The victory comes after a three-year campaign to remake the party's a new, |
0:40.0 | more centrist force under the symbolic new name of New Labour. |
0:43.3 | Blair's first ministry is largely dedicated to demonstrating to the British people |
0:46.8 | and the economy as safe in Labour's hands. |
0:49.4 | His government grants independence to the Bank of England and devolves power to Scotland and Wales |
0:53.4 | and creates a new morality in London. |
0:56.2 | But for four years, the watchword is steadier she goes. |
0:59.8 | It pays off and term ends in a second landslide, almost as big as the first. |
1:04.2 | The following term is more radical with increased public spending and a |
1:07.4 | sometimes controversial programme of public sector reform. |
1:10.8 | But on the 11th of September 2001, Islamic fundamentalists attacked the US, |
1:15.4 | killing more than 3,000 people. |
1:17.5 | The wars that follow come to define Blair's premiership. |
1:20.7 | In 2003, Blair chooses to support the US invasion of Iraq, |
1:24.7 | setting Britain apart from key allies like Germany and France. |
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