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GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

"United" Kingdom? Tony Blair on Truss, Charles, Brexit, and division in UK & beyond

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

GZERO Media

Politics, News, Foreign Policy, News Commentary, Government, Geopolitics, International Relations, Ian Bremmer, Trump, Global Economy, Gzero World

4.7830 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In the span of just 48 hours in early September, the United Kingdom got a new prime minister, Liz Truss, and a new monarch, King Charles III. Both face big challenges in their new roles. For Truss, the Tory leader: a range of issues from inflation to the ongoing fallout of Brexit. For Charles: the relevance of the monarchy itself, now that Britain's longest-serving and much-beloved queen is gone. The United Kingdom also faces staggering inflation and a looming energy crunch. On the GZERO World Podcast, Ian Bremmer talks with a man who occupied 10 Downing Street for a decade - former prime minister Tony Blair - about the road ahead for his country. Blair believes there will be a lot of uncertainty over the next year or two if Truss insists on big tax cuts and big borrowing. He also looks back at the queen's legacy and the future of the monarchy, explains why Brexit will hurt - but probably not fragment - the UK, and argues that we need to return to his comfort zone of the political center to fix today's problems.

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0:00.0

The problem is the populism in the West, it succeeds when the center can't solve the problems.

0:08.2

And I will say to people, populism doesn't invent grievances. By and large, it doesn't invent them. It exploits them.

0:16.4

Hello and welcome to the GZero World podcast. This is where you'll find extended interviews with the newsmakers I talk to every week on my public television show.

0:26.7

I'm Ian Bremmer.

0:28.0

Winston Churchill once said, to improve is to change.

0:32.4

To be perfect is to change often.

0:35.3

Little did he know how much change would come to his nation, or how quickly, because in the span

0:40.5

of just 48 hours in early September, the United Kingdom got a new Prime Minister, Liz Truss,

0:46.8

and then a new monarch, King Charles III.

0:49.9

Both are facing big challenges in their new roles.

0:52.9

For Truss, the Tory leader, it's a range of issues from inflation to the ongoing fallout of Brexit.

0:58.7

And for Charles, it's the relevance of the monarchy itself, now that its longest-serving and much-beloved ruler is gone.

1:06.8

I'm talking about all that and more with a man who occupied 10 Downing Street for more than a decade, former prime minister, Tony Blair.

1:15.0

Let's get to it.

1:21.9

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