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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.
01:44I'm singing it now.
01:49I'm singing it now, please.
02:03...to the usual rounds and controversies of political office.
02:07The Prime Minister's personal satisfaction ratings
02:10rose by one point to an extraordinary 66%.
02:14The moment we'll join our colleagues at the World Service,
02:17but in the meantime, on behalf of everybody at Broadcasting House,
02:21good night.
02:21Oh, sweet, oh, gracious, sweet, oh, sweet, oh, God, the Queen,
02:32oh, sweet, oh, Queen,
02:39silver, victorious, happy and glorious,
02:48long to renover,
02:54oh, sweet, oh, sweet, oh, sweet.
03:04I'd like to talk briefly about the Prime Minister, if I may.
03:08Oh?
03:10Historically, I've not worried too much about Prime Minister's popularity.
03:14It tends to come and go very quickly.
03:16But I have a feeling that could be different with Mr. Blair.
03:20People really do seem to love him
03:22and see him as a true son of England
03:24and a unifying national symbol in a way they used to see.
03:29Well, me.
03:30And with Mr. Blair scoring higher than me,
03:33in every survey one can find,
03:36perhaps now is the time.
03:39Huh?
03:40To find out what seems to have gone wrong
03:42and how we could...
03:44I could do better.
03:47I understand the impulse.
03:49But I'm not sure it's a good idea.
03:54The Crown doesn't ask existential questions of itself.
03:58Perhaps it should.
03:59It suggests a loss of confidence.
04:02It's putting blood in the water.
04:04It's just information, Robert.
04:07I agree.
04:09And I think, finally, I'm ready to hear it.
04:32The focus groups you asked for, ma'am,
04:35have now been conducted
04:36in Edinburgh, Leeds, London, Birmingham, Bristol,
04:42Cardiff, Manchester, and Liverpool.
04:46The British royal family.
04:49Ha-ha!
04:49Professional liabans.
04:51More than 2,000 subjects over the age of 18
04:55were asked a series of yes or no questions about the monarchy.
04:58I consider the royal family to be an important part of British society.
05:04Yeah, I'll go along with that.
05:05I think you're being quite disrespectful.
05:07Followed by some, at times, spirited debate.
05:10Please keep it civil, please.
05:12Having reviewed the data,
05:14the pollsters have now presented their findings.
05:18Asked if the royal family were out of touch with ordinary people,
05:2269% said yes.
05:26Badly advised, 62% said yes.
05:32Asked if they were wasteful of public money,
05:3454% said yes.
05:37Asked if they lacked compassion,
05:4053% said yes.
05:44Asked if they had failed the Princess of Wales
05:46as badly in death as in life,
05:50a sobering 66% said yes.
05:55Asked if Britain should have a smaller,
05:57more informal monarchy like the Netherlands or Scandinavia,
06:0054% said yes.
06:04And when asked if the monarchy should continue in its present form,
06:09the proportion that agreed was just 10%.
06:13I'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.
06:24Because we might actually learn something.
06:26And the sample, as I understand it,
06:27is 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.
06:37I do think it's significant that our low numbers come at the same time
06:41that we have a Prime Minister of conspicuous popularity.
06:45Yes.
06:47Only Winston at his height had this kind of support.
06:50Have you learnt nothing in the time you've been on the throne?
06:53Prime Ministers come in on a blaze of popularity and goodwill.
06:57Leave on a stretcher a few years later with their reputations
07:01and usually their health in tatters.
07:03Yes, that is exactly.
07:04Well, I think this one might be different.
07:54I think this one might be different.
08:07I think this one might be different.
08:35Good evening.
08:38We hoped never to see war in Central Eastern Europe again in our lifetimes.
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
09:30And someone else's problem, I say this, if you value your freedom, you cannot remain neutral.
09:39This is your war too.
09:52It's encouraging that our native partners have come together like this against the Serbs, but...
09:57Well, moral purpose is one thing.
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,
10:36which would drive Serb forces out of Kosovo and create safe havens for refugees to return.
10:40But he said most Americans can't point to Yugoslavia on a map, so why put US servicemen's lives at risk?
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.
11:15Statesman syndrome.
11:18Which am I, do you think?
11:20The domestic or foreign policy queen?
11:23Ha!
11:24Good question, ma'am.
11:26And it's not immediately obvious.
11:28The Commonwealth of Nations is such an article of faith to you, so everyone would 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?
11:39Malawi.
11:40The Kili Maluzzi.
11:42And the next member state to have general elections?
11:45Fiji, their first since re-admission.
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.
12:03The uncomplaining, hard-working country women of Middle England.
12:07Do you underestimate them at your peril?
12:10And if the seas in ancient times
12:17Walk upon England's mountains sweet
12:23And cross the holy land of God
12:50The women's institute movement came to Britain in 1915.
12:56Since 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 WI 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 for rose hip syrup.
13:26Yes.
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 WI?
13:54It would have the tidiest streets in Britain.
13:57Everything would run on time.
13:59And we would take all the men's jobs.
14:12No, I'm not trying to patronize you.
14:14I'm not trying to make you look...
14:15Yeah.
14:17Yeah.
14:18Yeah.
14:18I understand.
14:19Alright.
14:19Okay.
14:20Bye-bye.
14:24And then he said, answer me this, Tony.
14:27No, 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?
14:49I 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 also succeed.
15:59For that, we depend on you.
16:03The United States.
16:06You are the most powerful country in the world, and the richest.
16:14You are a great nation.
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 to be expected always and everywhere to do
16:34what needs to be done the 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 we need you
16:54we need america engaged
17:00and so i say to you never fall again for the doctrine of isolationism because the world
17:07truly cannot afford it stay please a country outward looking with the vision and the imagination
17:17which is the very best of your nature and realize too that in doing so you will find in britain
17:24a friend and an ally that will stand with you work with you fashion with you the design of a
17:36future
17:36built on peace and prosperity for all which is the only dream that makes humanity worth preserving
17:47thank you
18:03a resounding success for the prime minister in america
18:08the new york times says the prime minister has a new nickname king tony the wall street journal has
18:16come out in emphatic support of his attempts to persuade a reluctant white house but i think the
18:21best summary is from the chicago sun times it claims mr blair has beguiled the city with his charms
18:28leaving americans pining to have him as their president instead goodness
18:33i gather president clinton is now considering ground war which would leave milosevic and his serb
18:39forces with the option to either fight and face total annihilation or else withdraw and i suspect even
18:47they are sensible enough to choose the latter so the prime minister pulled it off so it seems
18:55this is an extraordinary political feat
19:20the prime minister your majesty your majesty
19:28i hope you didn't slip on the way here ma'am
19:32it can't be easy walking on water
19:37please do sit down
19:40so you 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
19:57milosevic 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
20:23in the light of that
20:26it's no secret that the crown has not had the best time of it in recent years
20:31often our values and those of the country have not been perfectly aligned
20:35you 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 modernizer
21:35her chief advisor
21:37i'm her chief advisor
21:39actually
21:41constitutionally robert
21:42i think you'll find he is
21:47can we walk through the five big changes that we want to make
21:51modernization
21:52we reduce expenditure
21:54everyone's doing it
21:55it's only fair that the queen is doing it as well
21:57right
21:58some examples
21:58listen to this
21:59royal train
22:001500 pounds for catering per journey
22:03this is the time to get them in line with new labor
22:05honestly
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 modernize stonehenge
22:16let's do the monarchy first
22:17and then we can get around to prehistoric monuments
22:20aren't those two things the same
22:23okay 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
22:36pretty 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
22:49if 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
22:55the voters don't want to take down the monarchy
22:58a version of that in the dossier
23:01it's all wrong tony
23:04seriously
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
23:32really
23:33i hadn't noticed
23:36but uh
23:37having consulted with my closest advisors
23:40uh
23:41we do all agree that
23:43the institution is in need of some reform
23:46that much was clear after the death of uh
23:49diana princess of wales
23:50when we saw
23:51an outpouring of grief
23:53turn into a mass movement for change
23:56so uh
23:57i thought we might
23:58start with something
24:00i know you're already considering
24:02primogeniture
24:04yes
24:06demoting eldest daughters in the line of succession
24:08i think we can all agree
24:10makes little sense in a modern society
24:12as an eldest daughter myself
24:14i don't object to that in principle
24:15but to turn over centuries
24:18of royal legislation
24:19is no small task
24:21you'd have to consult with the 15 other countries where i'm head of state
24:26where the will is there
24:28these things can usually change quickly
24:30um
24:31another area is transparency
24:33my government will soon be introducing a freedom of information act
24:37i believe the monarchy might benefit from something similar
24:39an 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
24:50not subjects
24:52i see
24:54look um
24:56it's now nearly 300 years since william the third signed the act of settlement to secure
25:00a protestant monarchy and
25:03there have been growing calls for a review of some of the more anti-catholic provisions
25:09which surely have no place in a plural society like ours
25:14i can understand
25:16permitting members of the royal family to marry catholics
25:20but for catholics to be in the direct line of succession would open the way to a catholic monarch
25:25well
25:26of 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
25:43it's a government
25:45in the sovereign's name
25:46but
25:47to be able to dissolve parliament
25:49to give laws royal assent
25:51they don't in sweden
25:52these functions can be carried out by the speaker of the house of commons
25:55should the monarch be commander-in-chief of the armed forces
25:58again they aren't in sweden
25:59they aren't in the netherlands
26:00which brings me to the matter of pomp and splendor
26:05i've been looking at some of the ceremonial offices in the royal household
26:09and they include
26:11a hereditary grand falconer
26:14dear murray what about him
26:17does the job really need to depend on birth not merit
26:24the queen's herb strewer
26:25the washer of the sovereign's hands
26:28that is only once per reign
26:30and only when i'm in residence at hollywood house
26:33still a royal barge master and 24 watermen
26:37even though there hasn't been a royal barge since 1849
26:41a warden of the swans
26:42someone has to oversee the swans in england's inland waterways
26:46over which the crown has an ancient prerogative right
26:49but is that prerogative right
26:52i understand that the role 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 role today
27:04kings and queens might not be eating them anymore
27:07kings and queens might not be eating them anymore someone has to care for them
27:08we check them for injuries
27:17and 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 pursuant 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
27:43a purge of honorifics
27:46a bonfire of sinecures might be a useful concession
27:52and pr victory
28:01i obviously need to give all this careful thought
28:04your majesty
28:14so
28:15how was it
28:16a little frosty
28:19i bet
28:22but she promised to give our proposals some further thought
28:26well if she doesn't and the people get fed up with them she'll only have herself to blame
28:32britain is mature enough as a country and a democracy now to live without
28:35this nonsense
28:39preservation of the monarchy is her life's work
28:42she must know that
28:44they have to change in order to survive
28:47they don't want to change tony
28:50i mean she probably thinks
28:52the only way to survive is to double down on the madness
28:58like the catholic church
28:59let's not bring the church into this
29:01well
29:01well they modernized and the old guard has never forgiven them for it
29:07why because they got rid of the latin and the incense and the miracles and the mystery and people stopped
29:13coming
29:17this is different
29:18is it
29:33mr hawkins next please
29:35yes
29:40please
29:41please
29:41make yourself comfortable
29:45swans
29:45that'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
29:53we've gone through several incarnations over the years
29:57keeper of the king of swans
29:58the king swan master
30:00and now
30:01the warden of the swans
30:07and
30:08what is your precise title
30:09i am the queen's herb straw
30:12the queen's guide to the suns
30:14yeoman of the glass and china pantry
30:18could you tell us what your role involves day by day
30:21it's my job to
30:23supervise the glassware and earthenware
30:26across all the royal palaces
30:28i oversee stocks
30:30i guard
30:32against any damage and breakages
30:35what have you got there
30:37laws orders and customs
30:39swans
30:41the authoritative text
30:43of what was then the keeper of the king swans
30:45has been guiding us for centuries
30:48since 1482 by my reckoning
30:50the reign of edward the fourth
30:51i've seen the bay change in all manner of ways
30:54years of high tides and heavy rainfall
30:56will change suns beyond recognition
30:58believe me i've seen shallow gullies turn into deep ravines
31:03what is your official title
31:06astronomer royal
31:07paper
31:07to the sovereign
31:08lord high admiral of the wash ma'am
31:10and my responsibilities also include
31:13folding all 170
31:16of 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
31:25the dutch bonnet napkin fold
31:29the swan
31:30is a pure
31:32and graceful
31:34beast
31:37how's your 15th century calligraphy robert
31:39little rusty
31:41her feathers
31:46are white as snow
31:48and as brief
31:50in duration
31:53for she signifieth
31:55the passing nature
31:56of fair things
31:59for though we wish our splendor
32:03to be everlasting
32:05no thing
32:07must remain
32:08of what is past
32:17the longer it went on the heavier my heart became
32:20i agree
32:22the sense of pride in the tradition
32:28i think my favorite
32:30was the yeoman bed hanger
32:32yes
32:34or the lord high admiral of the wash
32:45so they don't want black rod knocking on the door
32:47or the lord great chamberlain walking backwards
32:50they've also suggested getting rid of the cap of maintenance
32:55presumably
32:55on the grounds that it can only be worn by a peer of the realm
32:59but it's so full of color and character
33:02and a glorious sea of the million
33:05well i think from a pr standpoint
33:07it might be sensible to make one or two concessions
33:10really
33:10leave 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 black rod knocks on the door of the house of commons
33:26and is rebuffed three times
33:28why
33:30because the last time a king
33:33overstepped the mark and entered the commons
33:36charles the first
33:37charles the first
33:38it led to civil war and his execution
33:42parliament is warning the monarch
33:45never forget
33:47we are in charge
33:49she still arrives in the irish state coach with an escort of household cavalry
33:54and hundreds of guardsmen lining the route
33:56it doesn't immediately feel like a lesson in humility
34:00are we really being lectured on humility by the prince of wales
34:03yes we are
34:04well i just don't feel there's anything wrong with running the monarchy on more
34:08rational and democratic lines
34:11but monarchy isn't rational
34:14or 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
34:29or a state visit
34:30when they brush up against us they want the magic and the mystery
34:35and the arcane and the eccentric and the symbolic and
34:40the 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 here
34:59the world has been gripped and the race for the white house has boiled down to a recount in the
35:04battleground state of florida
35:06many in the labor party had hoped for a victory for vice president al gore
35:11but in a dramatic late night ruling the u.s supreme court voted 5-4 to stop the recount effectively
35:20handing the presidency to texas governor george w bush
35:23mr blair's closest international ally will be a man he has never spoken to or met
35:28it couldn't have been more awkward as you know the clintons were making their farewell visit to the uk and
35:33staying with us at checkers while the
35:36the ruling was being made so
35:38there we all were watching cnn in the middle of the night as the election is being decided
35:44oh dear
35:44the following day president clinton had to deliver a speech at the university of warwick with me giving the opening
35:50remarks
35:50well i had no choice but to offer warm congratulations to president-elect bush in front of my good friend
35:58will it be challenging for you to have a republican white house i see no reason not to be optimistic
36:07let's not forget i'll be the senior partner now so hope to be able to influence president bush
36:20your majesty prime minister
36:29uh my office sent some suggestions ahead of the state opening a parliament i was wondering if you
36:33had a chance to look at them rather more than that i discussed them with my family
36:40believe it or not for my first child it was still custom to summon the home secretary to witness
36:46a royal birth my father put a stop to it with my consent so i'm not against reform the question
36:55is what is worth preserving and where to draw the line we have now conducted a thorough review of all
37:01the offices in my household and what we discovered was not indefensible extravagance or luxury or a
37:08collection of empty ruritanian titles but an extraordinary array of precious expertise skills
37:15that have been passed down for generations often within the same families and the vehicle for that
37:21continuity is the crown the spell that we cast and have cast for centuries is our immutability
37:29tradition is our strength respect for our forebears and the preservation of generations of their wisdom
37:39and learned experience modernity is not always the answer sometimes antiquity is too
37:55well are you ready are you ready
38:02am i just serving now oh robert no not at all
38:08i just wanted to express my relief now that i came to my senses for a moment i think we
38:15risk
38:16compromising the very things that make us distinctive please
38:23which leads me to think
38:28that it might be best if i personally were to move on robert it's true ma'am at crucial moments
38:37the palace
38:37has failed to read the public mood and much of the blame rests with me surely not it's a question
38:45of
38:45temperament knowing where to be flexible my problem is i'm an old stick i'd rather not change anything at
38:52all i tend to see things as binary either you keep things as they are or it's closing time in
39:01the gardens of
39:01the west but you can make alterations without tearing down the building my deputy robin janvin is
39:11far better place to do that he's much more attuned and deserving of a step up of course robin will
39:18make an
39:18excellent private secretary but he's still a young man is there nothing i can do to persuade you to stay
39:27sometimes it's helpful to offer a scalp
39:31this way everyone benefits the public gets center signal you get better advice than i could ever
39:39possibly give i get to play more cricket
39:46i don't know how i'll manage i should be utterly lost
39:49no ma'am you won't it'll be just fine you'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
40:34cities yes i have drafted a program of engagements that i hope preserves the traditional but adds a
40:42somewhat modern sensibility on the one hand lunch at the pavilion in tribute to your great great great
40:49great great uncle george the fourth on the other a visit to the sussex innovation center to see a
40:55demonstration of an insectoid robot called maggie right
41:04one last thing you might be interested to know the prime minister
41:11yes has chosen to address the women's institute
41:17as part of his mission to consolidate support in middle england really
41:23i wouldn't have said they were his sort of crowd but his unerring judgment is what one has always
41:29had to admire him for and his ability to win over seemingly anyone i'm sure this will be no exception
41:48so
42:07and
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.
42:46Old-fashioned practices can sometimes hold progress back.
42:52I believe, and the Labour Party believes,
42:55that 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
43:07because I understood that we had a radical mission
43:10to change not just the politics of this country,
43:13but 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,
43:29we will not succeed in our mission.
43:32Look at what we've 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
44:00and wish to hold tight to the old ways.
44:03A run-in with the Women's Institute
44:04was surely not what the Prime Minister had in mind
44:06as he made his return to the political fray.
44:09The chairwoman of the WI says that she had urged Mr. Blair
44:12not to make his speech party political.
44:14Take all the forces that are prevailed by the change
44:16than the very conditions we seek to...
44:23I'm glad they're having a good debate.
44:34He can charm America, indeed the whole world,
44:38but comes up short with the Women's Institute.
44:41I'm getting terrible stick for it from my aides
44:43who all advise against doing it.
44:45You were political with the WI,
44:48the one thing we pride ourselves on never being.
44:50As far as criticisms go,
44:52being 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 realise
45:00there's no such thing as too royal.
45:04If you're doing it, do it properly.
45:08And unapologetically.
45:13I understand.
45:17So?
45:20So.
45:23I'm sure you're aware
45:24the EU has just published a draft
45:27of its new Charter for Fundamental Rights
45:30ahead of the forthcoming summit in Portugal.
45:33Our hope
45:34is that it will reflect the original meaning
45:37of the women to summarise existing moments.
45:44You can work my palm
45:48You can wear my shoes
45:52Not to talk like me
45:56I'd be an angel too
46:01I'm singing it now
46:02Things can only get better
46:07Things can only get
46:08It can only get
46:10Can only get
46:12Drink it all from here
46:14No, I know that things
46:17Can only get better
46:19Things can only get
46:22Can only get
46:25Can only get better
46:42Now I've found
46:45Now I've found
46:46Now I've found
46:47Now I've found you
46:47All right
47:15Now I've found
47:16I've found
47:16Now I've found
47:17Now I'm
47:17Hello
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