{"podcast":{"title":"The News Agents","slug":"the-news-agents-5644592","podcast_index_feed_id":5644592,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-news-agents/","website_url":"https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/58f6e4cb-452b-498a-aa9f-f2712f51923b/BwI612Bfc8clOS-joY07s7rz.jpg","author":"Global","episode_count":1172,"summary":"Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel and Lewis Goodall – three of the UK’s top journalists – host an award-winning daily news podcast: The News Agents. They’re not just here to tell you what's happening, but why. Expect astute analysis and explanation of the day's news – and a healthy dose of scepticism and the ability to laugh at it all when needed. Episodes are available every weekday afternoon. You can listen to The News Agents on Alexa, just say \"Alexa ask Global Player to play The News Agents\" The News Agents is a Global Player Original podcast. For advertising opportunities on this podcast, email: GlobalStudiosSales@global.com You can visit our website here https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T04:19:35.907561+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-agents-5644592"},"episode":{"title":"Tony Blair on why Britain and Labour are in crisis","slug":"tony-blair-on-why-britain-and-labour-are-in-crisis","published_at":"2026-05-27T13:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-agents-5644592/tony-blair-on-why-britain-and-labour-are-in-crisis","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-agents-5644592","url":"https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/d449a145-deae-408f-b37b-f58b045e26ce.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=c49390b9-6909-4cd3-a974-e270cf686f27&aw_0_1st.episodeid=d449a145-deae-408f-b37b-f58b045e26ce","summary":"Since Keir Starmer took office almost two years ago - the first Labour Prime Minister in 14 years - Tony Blair has been holding his tongue. But that has all changed in a dramatic fashion. Blair is profoundly concerned, about the UK's future, the leadership of his party, and of the wider political conversation taking place. In a 5,700 word essay, he lays out a brutal assessment of the lack of serious policy thinking going on in government, warns of a \"slide towards relegation from the Premier League of nations\", and pens what is effectively his own manifesto to try and turn the country's fortunes around. Today on The News Agents - an in depth interview with the former PM. Why has he broken his silence now? What does he make of the leadership conversation taking place in Labour? And how does he believe Britain can halt its slide into irrelevance? The News Agents is a Global Production. The News Agents is brought to you by HSBC UK - https://www.hsbc.co.uk/","meta_description":"Since Keir Starmer took office almost two years ago - the first Labour Prime Minister in 14 years - Tony Blair has been holding his tongue. But that has a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1950,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-news-agents-5644592/episodes/tony-blair-on-why-britain-and-labour-are-in-crisis/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-agents-5644592/tony-blair-on-why-britain-and-labour-are-in-crisis.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}