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"Don't touch Tony Blair", Rama "stops the thought" of the historian who remembers the advisor's mistakes

Politiko 2023-11-04 21:11:06

"Don't touch Tony Blair", Rama "stops the thought" of

Prime Minister Edi Rama had the famous British historian and journalist, Timothy Garton Ash, as a guest on his "Flasim" podcast today.

During the conversation, Timothy criticized Tony Blair's government, which according to him was one of the causes of Britain's exit from the EU.

“I think one of the mistakes that Tony Blair made, who I admire for many things – his was a wonderful period of British history – the mistake he made was to believe that it was possible to just have openness, openness, openness; opening of society, opening of finance, opening of economy, opening of immigration without any reaction! Because there was actually a reaction.

And the slogan of the Brexiteers, who were given the victory - by the way, only 52 per cent to 48 per cent, mind you, was by no means inevitable - was "Take back control". What is happening now in Germany is that German leaders are talking about "kontrolverlust" (loss of control).

So I think all our societies need that sense that things are under control, that immigration is being managed. So I think this was a mistake of the Blair years, for which we paid dearly. But the fact that we are now trying to bring it under control, like all other European countries, does not mean that it is the end of our cultural diversity, it is beyond it - said the historian.

But Prime Minister Rama said that he should not talk about Blair in his presence.

"Don't touch Tony Blair in my presence." Just don't touch it", said the Prime Minister.

 Furthermore, Timothy Garton Ash has stated that he was a friend of Tony Blair.

"Look, I'm a friend of Tony Blair. He is old enough to admit his mistakes", said the historian.

Let's remember that Rama has Tony Blair as his adviser and throughout his 10 years as prime minister he has not made any kind of transparency about the financial relationship.

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