Well ladies and gentlemen, believe your eyes, this edition of the Plenty Podcast features

an interview with Tony Blair, someone who I've been trying to get on the show since I started

doing it. So it was a real treat and as you, well, it goes that saying that booking a

guest like that isn't easy. But in my humble opinion, he was a very good guest which

shouldn't really come as a surprise to anyone. Very funny, very thoughtful. Some of his stories,

I mean, I just couldn't, well, I could believe it because I've seen him enough to know that

he's a very funny person, but it was raucous at times. So I enjoy it, it's a riot and it's just,

in terms of an interview with someone who you don't, yeah, so many of us so much to contribute

to an interview obviously because of their vast wealth of experience, but obviously,

specifically given the skills that Blair has and the ability that even his detractors would accept,

he's a high skilled politician. There's so much you want to pick his brains about, but also,

he's someone you just want to have a lot of fun with and enjoy just the novelty of it.

So I think the show does both. There are some very serious, thoughtful and reflective moments in it.

There are also bits in it. That's, I'll frankly bonkers enjoy.

Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Good evening. Good evening ladies and gentlemen.

Welcome to a very special night indeed. Give me a cheer if you've been here before.

Welcome, recorders. Give me a cheer if it's your first time.

Thanks and welcome, first time. Welcome, all. We're very special night. Now,

I won't reveal who the guest is yet, although some of you might have guessed, I'll reveal it and

start the second off. I don't want to start with sort of admin, but it's really important that no

one sort of text anyone or twigs. It's really important that the show is over. It's not

my outside world, it's not my outside world, it's not my outside world, but I hope that's okay.

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