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00:21And so, Coronation Day is upon us for the first time since 1953.
00:31A three-day people's festival has been declared with concerts and street parties up and down
00:37the country.
00:43The former queen is understood to be devastated and is unlikely to attend the service.
00:53Many had been unable to imagine life without Elizabeth II.
00:58But after almost 50 years on the throne, it's out with Queen Elizabeth and in with King Tony.
01:10New Britain has a new royal family.
01:13The Labour Party.
01:21The King leaves the Abbey to the strains of the new national anthem.
01:26You can walk my path, you can wear my shoes, not to talk like me, and be an angel too.
01:42I'm singing it now, please.
02:04The Prime Minister's personal satisfaction ratings rose up.
02:11one point to an extraordinary 66 percent moment we'll join our colleagues at the world service
02:17but in the meantime on behalf of everybody at broadcasting house good night
02:48oh
03:01thank you i'd like to talk briefly about the prime minister if i may
03:08no historically i've not worried too much about prime minister's popularity it tends to come
03:15and go very quickly but i have a feeling that could be different with mr blair people really
03:21do seem to love him and see him as a true son of england and a unifying national symbol in
03:27a way
03:27they used to see well me and with mr blair scoring higher than me in every survey one can find
03:35perhaps
03:37now is the time ma'am to find out what seems to have gone wrong and how we could
03:44i could do better i understand the impulse but i'm not sure it's a good idea
03:54the crown doesn't ask existential questions of itself perhaps it should it suggests a loss of
04:01confidence it's putting blood in the water it's just information robert i agree
04:31the focus groups you asked for ma'am have now been conducted
04:36in edinburgh leeds london birmingham bristol cardiff manchester the subject is and liverpool
04:47the british royal family the first no lie about more than 2 000 subjects over the age of 18 were
04:55asked a series of yes or no questions about the monarchy i consider the royal family to be
05:01an important part of british society i'll go along with that i think you're being quite disrespectful
05:07followed by some at times spirited debates keep it civil please having reviewed the data the
05:14pollsters have now presented their findings asked if the royal family were out of touch with ordinary
05:21people 69 percent said yes badly advised 62 percent said yes
05:31asked if they were wasteful of public money 54 percent said yes
05:37asked if they lacked compassion 53 percent said yes
05:44asked if they had failed the princess of wales as badly and death as in life
05:49a sobering 66 percent said yes
05:54asked if britain should have a smaller more informal monarchy like the netherlands or scandinavia 54
06:01said yes
06:04and when asked if the monarchy should continue in its present form
06:09the proportion that agreed was just 10 percent i'd like to propose my own survey
06:16how many of us think that polls are a daft idea in the first place
06:21i don't see why we should have to listen to these people because we might actually learn something
06:26in the sample as i understand it is selected to represent society as a whole isn't it
06:30it's still a folly to subject something as enduring as the monarchy
06:34to the whims of marketing men i do think it's significant that our low numbers come at the
06:40same time that we have a prime minister of conspicuous popularity
06:46only winston at his height had this kind of support have you learned nothing in the time
06:52you've been on the throne prime ministers come in on a blaze of popularity and goodwill
06:57and leave on a stretcher a few years later with their reputations and usually their health in
07:02tatters yes that is exactly well i think this one might be different
07:23i think this one might be different
08:46Sadly, it has come, and it has consequences for the whole world.
08:52Tonight, NATO allies launched an offensive against Serb military targets.
09:04Slobodan Milozovic is a monstrous dictator, carrying out the systematic and violent persecution of innocent civilians.
09:14He has to be stopped.
09:16We have a moral duty to ensure he does not succeed.
09:25To all of us in free countries who think this is a remote conflict, and someone else's problem, I say
09:33this.
09:35If you value your freedom, you cannot remain neutral.
09:40This is your war, too.
09:52It's encouraging that our native partners have come together like this against the Serbs, but, well, moral purpose is one
09:58thing.
09:59Military success is quite another.
10:02Every bombing target has to be approved by committee, which makes decisions agonizingly slow.
10:08We thought this aerial campaign would be over in days.
10:11Instead, two weeks and little or no progress has been made.
10:15The Serbs are laughing at us.
10:17I read that the problem was cloud cover.
10:20American stealth bombers need good conditions to see their targets.
10:25The most sophisticated weaponry in the world, and it can't handle the weather.
10:29Which is why we ultimately need ground troops.
10:32I proposed to President Clinton a limited invasion of 80,000 troops, which would drive Serb forces out of Kosovo
10:38and create safe havens for refugees to return.
10:40But he said most Americans can't point to Yugoslavia on a map, so why put U.S. servicemen's lives at
10:46risk?
10:47Yes.
10:48It's most frustrating.
10:50But I won't give up, morally.
10:53This is the right thing.
10:58Mr. Blair was unusually resolute today.
11:02In my experience, Prime Ministers tend to be either domestic or foreign policy focused.
11:09At this early stage, I'd say Mr. Blair falls very firmly into the latter camp.
11:14Yes.
11:14It's statesman syndrome.
11:18Which am I, do you think?
11:20The domestic or foreign policy queen?
11:23Ha!
11:23Good question, ma'am.
11:26And it's not immediately obvious.
11:28The Commonwealth of Nations is such an article of faith to you, so I wouldn't be inclined to say foreign.
11:32For you, sir.
11:35Who else, off the top of their heads, for example, would be able to reel off the name of the
11:38president of Malawi?
11:40The Kili Maluzzi.
11:42And the next member state to have general elections?
11:45Fiji, their first since readmission.
11:48But despite all that, it's your interest in every part of the British Isles that I think ultimately makes you
11:53a domestic queen.
11:54Take today's engagement at the Women's Institute, composing the speech yourself, with, if I may say, evident enthusiasm.
12:01Of course, the uncomplaining, hard-working countrywomen of Middle England, you underestimate them at your peril.
12:10And if the sea in ancient times walked upon England's mountains sweet, and was the only love of God, when
12:30the desert of the sea, and in the long-term, the sea, and in the long-term, the sea.
12:50The Women's Institute movement came to Britain in 1915.
12:57Since its humble beginnings in a Welsh garden shed, our membership and our goals have reached new and remarkable heights.
13:07I've been a member of the W.I. for longer than I've been queen.
13:13Many of you will remember how vital we were to the war effort, from growing produce to hosting evacuees.
13:22I have fond memories of collecting rose hips, or rose hip syrup.
13:27Do you remember the rose hips?
13:29Yes.
13:30For vitamin C deficiency.
13:31That's good.
13:35There are approximately 250,000 members of the Women's Institute in the United Kingdom.
13:43Roughly, the population of Hull.
13:47Can you imagine a city run and populated entirely by the W.I.?
13:54It would have the tidiest streets in Britain, everything would run on time, and we would take all the men's
14:01jobs.
14:12No, I'm not, no, I'm not trying to patronize you.
14:14I'm not trying to make you look, yeah.
14:17Yeah, yeah, I understand.
14:19All right.
14:20Okay, bye-bye.
14:24And then he said, answer me this, Tony.
14:27No, no, please don't do the accent.
14:29How many ground troops are you all prepared to come in?
14:33So I say, look, Bill, we can talk about numbers all day.
14:38This is about the bigger picture.
14:39What if Milosevic wins?
14:41NATO's credibility is at stake.
14:43To which he said...
14:44NATO's credibility is already a busted flush.
14:47So you're allowed to do the accent.
14:48I do it better.
14:50He knows the fact you're coming to him like this means that NATO's air campaign has failed.
14:56But he still won't do what it takes to commit American ground troops.
15:00He's worried about it looking like another Vietnam with no political upside for him domestically.
15:05Well, you're never going to persuade the White House by appealing to their interests.
15:10So do what you do best.
15:14Appeal to their consciences.
15:26While we meet here in Chicago this evening, terrible things are happening in Europe.
15:36No one who has seen what has happened in Kosovo to those refugees can be in any doubt that NATO's
15:45military action is justified.
15:51But we must do more than simply make our case.
15:56We must do more than simply make our case.
16:18And it must be difficult and sometimes irritating to find yourself the recipient of every demand.
16:27To be called upon in every crisis.
16:30To be expected always and everywhere to do what needs to be done.
16:35The cry, what's it got to do with us, must be heard fairly regularly.
16:44Yet those nations which have the power have the responsibility to use it wisely.
16:51We need you.
16:54We need America engaged.
17:00And so I say to you, never fall again for the doctrine of isolationism.
17:06Because the world truly cannot afford it.
17:10Stay, please, a country outward looking.
17:15With the vision and the imagination which is the very best of your nature.
17:19And realize too that in doing so you will find in Britain a friend and an ally that will stand
17:29with you.
17:30Work with you.
17:33Fashion with you the design of a future built on peace and prosperity for all.
17:40Which is the only dream that makes humanity worth preserving.
18:04A resounding success for the Prime Minister in America.
18:08The New York Times says the Prime Minister has a new nickname.
18:13King Tony.
18:15The Wall Street Journal has come out in emphatic support of his attempts to persuade a reluctant White House.
18:21But I think the best summary is from the Chicago Sun-Times.
18:24It claims Mr. Blair has beguiled the city with his charms.
18:28Leaving Americans pining to have him as their president instead.
18:33Goodness.
18:33I gather President Clinton is now considering ground war, which would leave Milosevic and his Serb forces with the option
18:41to either fight and face total annihilation or else withdraw.
18:46And I suspect even they are sensible enough to choose the latter.
18:50So.
18:52The Prime Minister pulled it off.
18:54So it seems.
18:56This is an extraordinary political feat.
19:21The Prime Minister, Your Majesty.
19:24Your Majesty.
19:28I hope you didn't slip on the way here.
19:31Ma'am.
19:32It can't be easy walking on water.
19:37Please.
19:38Do sit down.
19:40So.
19:41You insisted the West
19:43no longer stand by while genocide and slaughter take place.
19:48and pulled it off without a single NATO casualty in combat.
19:52Great credit must go to the Americans.
19:54When they signaled their openness to a ground invasion, Milosevic realized the game was up.
19:59But Clinton's change of heart is in great part thanks to you.
20:03It's one thing to have popularity.
20:06It's quite another to have influence.
20:09So I offer you my congratulations.
20:12You are at this moment, by some margin, the most celebrated leader on the world stage.
20:17With remarkable instincts.
20:20And so, in the light of that,
20:26it's no secret that the Crown has not had the best time of it in recent years.
20:32Often our values and those of the country have not been perfectly aligned.
20:35But you, on the other hand,
20:38since you entered number 10,
20:40you've shown an uncanny ability to read the mood of the country better than anyone.
20:47And so I can't help but ask,
20:54what would you do
20:57to turn things round for us
21:00if you were in charge?
21:04If I were in charge of the monarchy?
21:08If you were in my shoes.
21:12If I were king?
21:15Yes.
21:20Goodness.
21:23For someone who so rarely puts a foot wrong,
21:25this seems to be a dangerous loss of judgment.
21:28She's asking for advice, Robert.
21:29She doesn't need to take it.
21:30But who is she asking?
21:32The prime minister.
21:33An avowed reformer and moderniser.
21:35Her chief advisor.
21:37I'm her chief advisor.
21:39Actually,
21:41constitutionally, Robert,
21:42I think you'll find he is.
21:48Can we walk through the five big changes that we want to make?
21:52Modernisation.
21:52We reduce expenditure.
21:54Everyone's doing it.
21:55It's only fair that the Queen is doing it as well.
21:58Right?
21:58Some examples.
21:59Listen first.
21:59Royal train.
22:00£1,500 for catering per journey.
22:03This is the time to get them in line with new labour.
22:06Honestly,
22:07it's an anachronistic,
22:09unrepresentative feudal system
22:10based on a thousand years of hereditary privilege.
22:13You'd be better off trying to modernise Stonehenge.
22:16Let's do the monarchy first,
22:17and then we can get round to prehistoric monuments.
22:20Aren't those two things the same?
22:23OK, I know it's unexciting, but administrative reform.
22:26We run the royals like we run the civil service.
22:28Yes.
22:30Accountability.
22:31There's nothing else that matters.
22:33It's just that.
22:34I mean, not being allowed to marry a Catholic.
22:37Pretty sure Article 12 of the Human Rights Act states that people have the right to marry whoever they want.
22:41Says the Queen's Council.
22:42Well, that's wrong, too.
22:43I should be called Senior Council.
22:45I think we can spin it like this.
22:47It would look really good if it came from the palace
22:50that they're prepared to tighten the purses.
22:52She knows that there has to be a change.
22:54Yes.
22:55Yes.
22:56The voters don't want to take down the monarchy.
22:58You've put a version of that in the dossier.
23:01It's all wrong, Tony.
23:04Seriously.
23:05Wrong.
23:05Wrong.
23:08Needs changing.
23:19I'd like to start by thanking you for giving me the opportunity to do this.
23:24I'm ashamed to say most of the time we don't think seriously about the monarchy in this country.
23:28We just subject you all to a lot of hurtful and frivolous gossip.
23:33Really?
23:33I hadn't noticed.
23:36But, uh, having consulted with my closest advisers,
23:40uh, we do all agree that the institution is in need of some reform.
23:46That much was clear after the death of, uh, Diana, Princess of Wales,
23:50when we saw an outpouring of grief turn into a mass movement for change.
23:56So, uh, I thought we might start with something I know you're already considering.
24:02Primogeniture.
24:04Yes.
24:06Demoting eldest daughters in the line of succession, I think we can all agree, makes little sense in a modern
24:11society.
24:12As an eldest daughter myself, I don't object to that in principle.
24:16But to turn over centuries of royal legislation is no small task.
24:21You'd have to consult with the fifteen other countries where I'm head of state.
24:25Well, where the will is there, these things can usually change quickly.
24:30Um, another area is transparency.
24:34My government will soon be introducing a Freedom of Information Act.
24:37I believe the monarchy might benefit from something similar, an annual report setting out performance, assets, salaries, total accountability.
24:45Think of the crown as a, as a public limited company and the people of Britain as shareholders, not subjects.
24:52I see.
24:54Look, um, it's now nearly three hundred years since William III signed the Act of Settlement to secure a Protestant
25:01monarchy.
25:01And there have been growing calls for a review of some of the more anti-Catholic provisions, which surely have
25:10no place in a plural society like ours.
25:14I can understand permitting members of the royal family to marry Catholics, but for Catholics to be in the direct
25:22line of succession would open the way to a Catholic monarch.
25:26Well, of course there'll be technical issues.
25:28Slightly more than technical issues.
25:30It would be the disestablishment of the Church of England.
25:35But we have to be willing to look at the big questions.
25:37There's no use nibbling around the periphery.
25:40Should it be the monarch's role to appoint the Prime Minister?
25:43Of course.
25:44It's a government in the sovereign's name.
25:47But to be able to dissolve Parliament, to give laws royal assent, they don't in Sweden.
25:52These functions can be carried out by the Speaker of the House of Commons.
25:56Should the monarch be Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, again, they aren't in Sweden, they aren't in the
26:00Netherlands.
26:01Which brings me to the, to the matter of pomp and splendor.
26:05I've been looking at some of the ceremonial offices in the royal household, and they include...
26:12A hereditary grand falconer.
26:14Dear Murray, what about him?
26:17Does the job really need to depend on, on birth, not merit?
26:24The Queen's Herbstrewer, the washer of the Sovereign's hands?
26:28That is only once per reign, and only when I'm in residence at Holyrood House.
26:34Still, a royal barge master and twenty-four watermen, even though there hasn't been a royal barge since 1849.
26:41A warden of the swans?
26:43Someone has to oversee the swans in England's inland waterways, over which the crown has an ancient prerogative right.
26:49But is that prerogative right?
26:52I understand that the roll dates from the 12th century as a way to claim swans as delicacies for royal
26:58banquets.
26:58Now that the swan has, one imagines, fallen out of the culinary repertoire, how does one justify the roll today?
27:04Kings and queens might not be eating them anymore.
27:07Someone has to care for them.
27:08We check them for injuries.
27:12Maintain their habitat.
27:14Ring them with tags from the British Trust for Ornithology.
27:18Conservation.
27:20And that's before we get to the most anachronistic of all ceremonies, the state opening of Parliament.
27:25Do we really need ten heralds, including the Rouge Dragon Percement and the Maltravers Herald Extraordinary?
27:32The gold stick in waiting, the silver stick in waiting, the gentleman usher of the sword of state?
27:40I think what we're suggesting is a purge of honorifics, a bonfire of sinecures might be a useful concession.
27:52And PR victory.
28:01I obviously need to give all this careful thought.
28:05Your Majesty.
28:13So, how was it?
28:18A little frosty.
28:20I bet.
28:22Well, she promised to give our proposals some further thought.
28:25No.
28:26Well, if she doesn't and the people get fed up with them, she'll only have herself to blame.
28:32Britain isn't mature enough as a country and a democracy now to live without this nonsense.
28:39Preservation of the monarchies are her life's work.
28:43She must know that they have to change in order to survive.
28:48They don't want to change, Tony.
28:50I mean, she probably thinks the only way to survive is to double down on the madness.
28:58Like the Catholic Church.
29:00Let's not bring the church into this.
29:01Well, they modernized, and the old guard has never forgiven them for it.
29:07Why?
29:08Because they got rid of the Latin, and the incense, and the miracles, and the mystery, and people stopped coming.
29:17This is different.
29:18Is it?
29:33Mr. Hawkins, next, please.
29:36Yes.
29:40Please, make yourself comfortable.
29:45Swans.
29:46That's it.
29:46I'm the warden of the swans.
29:49It says here your role is one of the oldest in the household.
29:52That's right, sir.
29:54We've gone through several incarnations over the years.
29:57Keeper of the King of Swans, the King's Swan Master, and now the warden of the swans.
30:07And what is your precise title?
30:10I am the Queen's Herbstrawer.
30:13The Queen's Guide to the Suns.
30:15Yeoman of the Glass and China Pantry.
30:18Could you tell us what your role involves, day by day?
30:21It's my job to supervise the glassware and earthenware across all the royal palaces.
30:29I oversee stocks.
30:31I guard against any damage and breakages.
30:35What have you got there?
30:37Laws, orders, and customs.
30:40Swans.
30:41The authoritative text of what was then the keeper of the King's Swans.
30:46It's been guiding us for centuries, since 1482 by my reckoning,
30:50by the reign of Edward IV.
30:52I've seen the bay change in all manner of ways.
30:54Years of high tides and heavy rainfall will change suns beyond recognition.
30:59Believe me, I've seen shallow gullies turn into deep ravines.
31:04What is your official title?
31:06Astronomer Royal.
31:07Paper to the Sovereign.
31:08Lord High Admiral of the Wash, ma'am.
31:10And my responsibilities also include folding all 170 of the embroidered white linen napkins.
31:19Oh, that's you?
31:20Yes, ma'am.
31:21You are clever.
31:22How on earth do you do that?
31:24Few have truly mastered the Dutch bonnet napkin fold.
31:29The swan is a pure and graceful beast.
31:37How's your 15th century calligraphy, Robert?
31:40Little rusty, Tim.
31:45Her feathers are white as snow and as brief in duration.
31:53For she signifieth the passing nature of fair things.
32:00For though we wish our splendor to be everlasting,
32:05no thing must remain of what is past.
32:17The longer it went on, the heavier my heart became.
32:20I agree.
32:22A sense of pride in the tradition.
32:27I think my favourite was the Yeoman bedhanger.
32:32Yes.
32:34Or the Lord High Admiral of the Wash.
32:45So they don't want Blackrod knocking on the door.
32:48Or the Lord Great Chamberlain walking backwards.
32:51They've also suggested getting rid of the cap of maintenance.
32:55Presumably on the grounds that it can only be worn by a peer of the realm.
32:59But it's so full of colour and character and a glorious sea of vermilion.
33:05I think from a PR standpoint, it might be sensible to make one or two concessions.
33:10Really?
33:11Leave us less open to charges of elitism and grandiosity.
33:14Well, that's missing the point.
33:16The whole purpose of the state opening is to humble the monarch.
33:21The Crown's representative, Blackrod, knocks on the door of the House of Commons
33:26and is rebuffed three times.
33:28Why?
33:30Because the last time a king overstepped the mark and entered the Commons,
33:36Charles I, it led to civil war and his execution.
33:43Parliament is warning the monarch.
33:46Never forget, we are in charge.
33:50She still arrives in the Irish state coach with an escort of household cavalry
33:54and hundreds of guardsmen lining the route.
33:57It doesn't immediately feel like a lesson in humility.
34:00Are we really being lectured on humility by the Prince of Wales?
34:03We are.
34:04Well, I just don't feel there's anything wrong with running the monarchy
34:07on more rational and democratic lines.
34:11But monarchy isn't rational or democratic or logical or fair.
34:18Haven't we all learned that by now?
34:22People don't want to come to a royal palace and get what they could have at home.
34:27When they come for an investiture or a state visit,
34:31when they brush up against us, they want the magic and the mystery
34:34and the arcane and the eccentric and the symbolic and the transcendent.
34:43They want to feel like they've entered another world.
34:46That is our duty.
34:49To lift people up and transport them into another realm.
34:52Not bring them down to earth and remind them of what they already have.
34:58Hear, hear.
34:59The world has been gripped as the race for the White House
35:02has boiled down to a recount in the battleground state of Florida.
35:07Many in the Labour Party had hoped for a victory for Vice President Al Gore.
35:11But in a dramatic late-night ruling,
35:15the US Supreme Court voted 5-4 to stop the recount,
35:19effectively handing the presidency to Texas Governor George W. Bush.
35:24Mr. Blair's closest international ally will be a man he has never spoken to or met.
35:28It couldn't have been more awkward.
35:30As you know, the Clintons were making their farewell visit to the UK
35:33and staying with us at Chequers while the ruling was being made.
35:37So there we all were, watching CNN in the middle of the night
35:42as the election was being decided.
35:44Oh, dear.
35:44The following day, President Clinton had to deliver a speech
35:47at the University of Warwick with me giving the opening remarks.
35:50Well, I had no choice but to offer warm congratulations
35:54to President-elect Bush in front of my good friend.
35:58Will it be challenging for you to have a Republican White House?
36:03I see no reason not to be optimistic.
36:07Let's not forget, I'll be the senior partner now,
36:10so I hope to be able to influence President Bush.
36:15Hmm.
36:20Your Majesty.
36:21Prime Minister.
36:28Uh, my office sent some suggestions ahead of the state opening a parliament.
36:33I was wondering if you had a chance to look at them.
36:35Rather more than that.
36:37I discussed them with my family.
36:40Believe it or not, for my first child,
36:43it was still custom to summon the Home Secretary to witness a royal birth.
36:49My father put a stop to it with my consent,
36:52so I'm not against reform.
36:55The question is what is worth preserving and where to draw the line.
36:59We have now conducted a thorough review of all the offices in my household,
37:03and what we discovered was not indefensible extravagance or luxury,
37:07or a collection of empty Ruritanian titles,
37:10but an extraordinary array of precious expertise,
37:14skills that have been passed down for generations,
37:17often within the same families.
37:19And the vehicle for that continuity is the crown.
37:24The spell that we cast and have cast for centuries is our immutability.
37:30Tradition is our strength,
37:33respect for our forebears,
37:35and the preservation of generations of their wisdom and learned experience.
37:42Modernity is not always the answer.
37:46Sometimes antiquity is, too.
37:54Wait, wait, are you ready?
37:56Are you ready?
38:02Am I just serving, ma'am?
38:04Oh, Robert.
38:05No, not at all.
38:08I just wanted to express my relief, ma'am.
38:12That I came to my senses.
38:14For a moment, I think we risk compromising the very things that make us distinctive.
38:20Please.
38:24Which leads me to think
38:28that it might be best if I personally were to move on.
38:33Robert.
38:34It's true, ma'am.
38:35At crucial moments, the palace has failed to read the public mood.
38:40And much of the blame rests with me.
38:44It's a question of temperament, knowing where to be flexible.
38:49My problem is I'm an old stick.
38:50I'd rather not change anything at all.
38:53I tend to see things as binary.
38:56Either you keep things as they are, or it's closing time in the gardens of the west.
39:03I'm an old stick.
39:04But you can make alterations without tearing down the building.
39:08My deputy, Robin.
39:10My deputy, Robin Janvin, is far better place to do that.
39:13He's much more attuned and deserving of a step up.
39:17Well, of course, Robin will make an excellent private secretary, but he's still a young man.
39:23Is there nothing I can do to persuade you to stay?
39:27Sometimes it's helpful to offer a scalp.
39:31This way, everyone benefits.
39:34The public gets sent a signal.
39:37You get better advice than I could ever possibly give.
39:42I get to play more cricket.
39:46I don't know how I'll manage.
39:48I shall be utterly lost.
39:49No, ma'am.
39:50You won't.
39:50You'll be just fine.
39:52You've navigated this latest matter perfectly without my help.
40:07Every minute has been an honor, ma'am.
40:30And finally, ma'am, your visit to Brighton and Hove as one of the government's designated Millennium Cities.
40:35Yes.
40:36I have drafted a program of engagements that I hope preserves the traditional but adds a somewhat modern sensibility.
40:45On the one hand, lunch at the pavilion in tribute to your great, great, great, great uncle, George IV.
40:51On the other, a visit to the Sussex Innovation Center to see a demonstration of an insectoid robot called Maggie.
40:58Right.
41:04One last thing you might be interested to know.
41:08The Prime Minister.
41:10Yes?
41:12Has chosen to address the Women's Institute as part of his mission to consolidate support in Middle England.
41:21Really?
41:23I wouldn't have said they were his sort of crowd.
41:26But his unerring judgment is what one has always had to admire him for.
41:31And his ability to win over seemingly anyone.
41:36I'm sure this will be no exception.
42:10A modern voice for women.
42:13It is a clear and admirable statement of ideals.
42:17But what does it mean to be modern in a new Britain driven by change and innovation?
42:26Make no mistake, there are many traditions we can be proud of.
42:29But we must never cling to tradition for its own sake.
42:33In the 21st century, we must ask ourselves what kind of values we want to promote.
42:41We must take what's best from the past, but never be enthralled to it.
42:47Old fashioned practices can sometimes hold progress back.
42:52I believe, and the Labour Party believes, that a new, updated concept of community is needed
43:00to keep up with the fast pace of change in the modern world.
43:05I was elected leader of the Labour Party because I understood that we had a radical mission
43:10to change not just the politics of this country, but the constitution of this country.
43:16The soul of this country.
43:20Radical is not a word to be frightened of.
43:23It is a word to embrace.
43:26Because I fear that if we are not radical, we will not succeed in our mission.
43:32Look at what we have done in the House of Lords.
43:35Taking...
43:37Taking drastic action against hereditary privilege.
43:42Thank you very much.
43:45Look, the world is changing fast.
43:49Oh, okay, right.
43:51And change is tough, we know that.
43:58It's no one that people feel worried and wish to hold tight to the old ways.
44:03A run-in with the Women's Institute was surely not what the Prime Minister had in mind
44:06as he made his return to the political fray.
44:08The chairwoman of the W.I. says that she had urged Mr. Blair not to make his speech party political.
44:14Take all the forces that prevent Biden change, then the very...
44:19Why is this Steve?
44:23I'm glad they're having a good debate.
44:34He can charm America, indeed the whole world, but it comes up short with the Women's Institute.
44:41I'm getting terrible stick for it from my aides who all advise against doing it.
44:45You were political with the W.I., the one thing we pride ourselves on never being.
44:50As far as criticisms go, being too political is one I think I can live with.
44:55Be like someone describing you as being too royal.
44:59I think I've come to realize there's no such thing as too royal.
45:04If you're doing it, do it properly.
45:08And unapologetically.
45:13I understand.
45:17So.
45:23I'm sure you're aware the EU has just published a draft of its new Charter for Fundamental Rights
45:30ahead of the forthcoming summit in Portugal.
45:33Our hope is that it will reflect the original meaning of the EU.
45:38I'm going to summarize this.
45:44You can work my palm.
45:49You can wear my shorts.
45:53Not to talk like me.
45:57I'd be an angel or two.
46:01I'm singing it now, please.
46:05Can only get better.
46:08Please.
46:09Can only get better.
46:11Can only get.
46:12Can only get.
46:13Drink it all from here.
46:14No.
46:15I know that things.
46:17Can only get better.
46:19Please.
46:21Can only get better.
46:23Can only get better.
46:38Can only get better.
46:43Now I've found.
46:45Now I've found you.
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