The Navigator
Judgement in the fog, money, risk and the call others cannot make.
Sir Tony Blair presents as a Navigator throughout this interview, demonstrating a consistent orientation toward charting deliberate, evidence-based courses through complex terrain rather than ideological fixed points. He repeatedly frames leadership as the discipline of identifying a destination, stripping away noise, and steering through resistance with both resolve and tactical awareness.
“I think politics in the UK went through a very difficult period. There still is. But it's gone to the fringes. Jeremy Corbyn took over the Labour Party, the Tory Party became a Brexit party.”
“I think, yeah, but I think it's, you know, in respect of Ukraine, you had Crimea, Georgia, you had other indications that this could be on the agenda. I don't believe that's to be true of China.”
“Yeah, so look, globalization, by the way, I think is in the end driven by people and not by politicians. And I don't think politicians can get in the way of certain aspects of it. You can be reducing free trade. You can be trying to decouple, say, from China somewhat.”
“I think it is bust unless there's a complete change of attitude in the two major system. Well, I don't know about system Because in the end, you can have whatever electoral system, for example, you want, in any event, to change an electoral system, you've got to win.”
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