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Sophy Ridge On Sunday

Tony Blair, Sarah Newton & Fabian Picardo

Sophy Ridge On Sunday

Sky News

Politics, News, News Commentary, Government

4.2157 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Sophy talks to former Prime Minister Tony Blair about Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn and his legacy. She also chats to Sarah Newton about Cabinet infighting and her plans to tackle acid attacks, and Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo about the future of the 'rock'. #Ridge

Transcript

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0:00.0

The world is becoming increasingly complex and volatile.

0:03.0

How can we make sense of it all?

0:04.8

I'm Richard Engle.

0:05.6

And I'm Yalda Heikim.

0:06.7

And we're the top international correspondents at NBC News and Sky News.

0:10.8

And we present Sky News's latest podcast, The World.

0:14.6

Each week will cut through the noise to guide you through the week's global events

0:18.5

and explain to you why what happens out there

0:22.3

matters to you wherever you are. Listen now to the world with Richard Engel and me Yalda Hakim

0:28.0

wherever you get your podcasts. Hello and welcome to the Sophie Ridge on Sunday podcast.

0:33.8

Few people divide opinion more than Tony Blair and now the ex-Labour Prime Minister has

0:38.7

weighed into the Brexit debate. Coming up is my interview with him. I've also been talking

0:43.8

to the Home Office Minister Sarah Newton about Cabinet infighting as well as Gibraltar's

0:48.6

Chief Minister Fabian Piccardo about the future of the rock.

1:03.4

Now, it might feel longer, but it's been 10 years since Tony Blair left Downing Street.

1:08.4

Since then, we've had three prime ministers, three general elections, a financial crash,

1:11.8

a Scottish independence referendum, and of course, that historic vote to leave the European Union. Mr Blair was a strong, remained supporter and he's also been

1:17.3

very critical of the current Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. But with Brexit seemingly unstoppable,

1:23.2

and Mr Corbyn winning the largest vote share for Labour for years, it seems things aren't going his way.

1:29.3

But Mr Blair is determined to keep on fighting.

1:32.8

I sat down with him this week and I began by asking

1:35.5

if he still thinks Brexit is going to happen.

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