00:00We've literally just today seen a lot of people be chilled by this, the Board of
00:04Peace as it's called. It looks to a lot of people like a cast of Bond villains
00:09plus Tony Blair. I mean it's an extraordinary thing and Donald Trump
00:14seems to think this particular bunch of characters could run the world
00:18safely. What can you say about that? How can you help people understand it?
00:22Because they're baffled and they're nervous. Well I think firstly it's
00:25important to understand the origins and it came out of the idea of governance
00:31relations in relation to the Middle East and Gaza. That is important and Tony
00:34Blair's... He's talking about running the world with it. No but just hear me out because
00:37that's where it started. Now we've got a ceasefire in Gaza and we need to get
00:43on to phase two. So I support having structures in place to help us along
00:48that journey, vital journey, in relation to the Middle East. But this is a man structure. That
00:51castle is going to give you no confidence whatsoever. Come back to your central... I
00:54obviously have concerns about Putin being on a board of peace. He is waging war on a
01:01European country and as we sit here, they're raining down bombs on Ukraine. It's
01:07minus 20. 60% of the energy in Kiev is gone and people are having to put tents up in
01:13their living rooms to keep warm and we mustn't let the events of the last week or
01:18so deflect from the focus. We need to work with the Americans, allies and others to defend
01:25and support Ukraine in a conflict which is not of their making.
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