David Blunkett on Blindness, Adversity and Why Politicians Give Up Too Easily
31 October 2026
84. Denmark’s former PM on the power of centrist politics, fighting misogyny, and joining the Kinnock empire (Helle Thorning-Schmidt)
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Leading
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8 July 2024
How can we unite the extreme right and extreme left? What impact can small countries have on global politics? How was the former Danish Prime Minister influenced by New Labour?
Rory and Alastair are joined by Denmark's former Prime Minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, to discuss all this and more.
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Listening to the TRIP analysis of the French election and the struggles ahead to get consensus.
Is that not what the Dutch have just gone through for the last 6 months albeit they have a PR voting system?
The French somehow created a ‘bastardised’ PR system with this tactical voting manoeuvre, now they have to make it work
Life is messy. Cooperation is hard to achieve everywhere.
Would be interested to hear you debate that with Rory.