Tony Blair: Mental Health & Why Most Leaders Are Failing Today

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🎯 Key points for quick navigation: 00:00 *🎙️ Introduction to Tony Blair's Perspectives* - Introduction of Tony Blair as an influential politician and his views on AI as a priority issue for governments, - Description of Blair's current roles and influence in advising world leaders, - Blair emphasizes AI as the top priority for governmental focus. 01:23 *🇬🇧 Role and Reflection of a Former Prime Minister* - Blair discusses the role of a former Prime Minister and the importance of utilizing their acquired experience, - The contrast between capability and popularity in politics and how it evolves over time, - Discussion on Blair's approach to advising current leaders through his institute. 03:57 *📚 The Essence of Leadership in Government and Business* - Blair elaborates on universal leadership skills applicable across government and business, - Explanation of the need for distinct governance skills separate from political skills, - Importance of execution and implementation in governmental roles as compared to running a business. 06:02 *🤖 AI's Revolutionary Impact on Society and Government* - Definition of AI and its potential transformational impacts, equivalent to the Industrial Revolution, - Challenges in integrating AI into political narratives and emphasizing its vital role, - Government's inadequate prioritization of AI compared to its transformative potential. 11:06 *🌍 Technological Solutions for Government Challenges* - Blair's emphasis on technology as a solution to inefficient government spending and poor outcomes, - Impact of AI on public services like healthcare, education, and crime prevention, - The necessity for developing nations to leverage technology without following outdated Western models. 14:54 *💼 Navigating Job Displacement Concerns with AI* - Discussion on AI's impact on jobs and Blair's projected scenarios for job displacement, - AI as a collaborator rather than a rival in certain professions like healthcare and education, - Historical perspective on technology displacing some roles while creating others. 18:12 *🧠 Mental Health and Workforce Challenges* - Blair addresses the rise in mental health issues and its effects on employment figures in the UK, - Concerns about the rapid increase in mental health spending without clear justification, - The broader cultural and public discourse needed around mental health self-diagnosis. 19:48 *🚀 Technology's Role and Business Integration in Governance* - Exploration of Elon Musk's potential role in government, reflecting on using private sector insights, - Emphasis on the state leveraging technology for improved efficiency and lower costs, - Call for integrating business skills into government to enhance its effectiveness and responsiveness. 23:44 *🌍 Challenges of Government and Innovation* - Government is often risk-averse, stifling innovation. - Civil servants face punishment for taking risks, not for avoiding them. - Bringing tech expertise into politics is crucial for staying updated. 25:22 *🧠 Understanding Technological Change* - Leaders should grasp key technological trends and innovations. - Strategic thinking is critical despite daily challenges. - Learning about AI and technological history aids comprehension of modern shifts. 28:22 *🚀 Harnessing AI for Government Efficiency* - AI could transform government processes and solve productivity issues. - Current AI capabilities, like ChatGPT, show promise for enhancing information processing. - Government processes could benefit significantly from AI's potential. 31:07 *📈 Business Building and Challenges* - Building businesses is more challenging than governmental leadership. - Hiring, compliance, and avoiding bureaucracy are ongoing challenges in business growth. - Government can often hinder rather than help entrepreneurial initiatives. 33:32 *🏦 Private and Public Sector Experience* - Private sector experience is beneficial for political leaders; it provides valuable insights. - Tony Blair shares reflections on his own career and suggests gaining experience outside politics first. - The intersection of AI and organized crime poses new regulatory challenges. 37:43 *🎯 Leadership and Ambition* - Personal background and experiences play roles in shaping ambition. - Passion and enjoyment in work fuel successful careers and goal achievement. - Significant leaders have characteristics like discipline and enthusiasm for their work. 47:04 *🎙️ Podcast Growth and Mission* - Original intent and growth of the podcast, - Increased audience engagement and equipment used, - The podcast's mission remains focused on economic futures and job creation. 47:32 *📈 Career Opportunities and Challenges* - New career opportunities in the evolving job market, - Paradox of increased difficulty in career navigation leading to less social mobility, - Podcast origins linked to personal transitions and broader economic topics. 48:15 *💰 Monetization of the Podcast* - Description of the costs and revenue streams, - Revenue sources: ads, sponsorships, strategic partnerships, - Additional income through a production company and public speaking. 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[@karlarcher8773]

Much of the 'Culture War' we see in the UK today is due to the Equalities Act which came about through the Blair/Brown government. It created statutory obligations on all arms of the government and also private sector to make 'reasonable adjustments' for those on a Caste System of protected characteristics. From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs - is from the Communist Manifesto. The Equalities Act is essentially designed on this premise for social services (opposed to specifically economic). This results in arms of government such as the NHS 'reasonably adjusting' their services, for example Migrants with the aim to achieve the same health outcome as those who have been in the country their whole life. Politician's then seem to get sensitive about chants of a two tier system. This harvest was originally sown by Blair. Until such legislation is repealed and replaced with an up to date Bill of Rights and Constitution, the country will maintain is current Neo-Communist trajectory. He has fatally damaged the constitution of the nation which initiated the modern era.

[@rugbug7890]

Great interview & keep up amazing work! Would be interesting to see how TB's successor (GB) would reflect on some similar subjects.

[@jimmysjobs]

Yes, i think GB would be super interesting - but he is quite hard to reach. Hope you subscribe and stick around.

[@sohalvr]

Great interview. I think TB did miss an important point about the numbers out of work. The working classes are exhausted, disillusioned, and overwhelmed. Capitalism isn't working for them. They do everything right; go to work, play by the rules, pay their taxes only then to end up using food banks, not being able to afford the basics. Social media has a lot to answer for too. Mental ill-health is real today for sure and these are the reasons. Yes we have choice when it comes to jobs but are they well paid, fulfilling or do they just line the pockets of shareholders and reinforce the idea we are just cogs in the 1%'s wheel keeping the wealthy and powerful in their penthouses?

[@koroglurustem1722]

Listen to Histler and you will understand why. He described the process very clearly.

[@TheSapphire51]

It has taken me a lifetime to understand just who the criminal classes are i.e. Banks, Insurance Companies, Post Office, Tech Industry, the media, politicians, lawyers etc etc.

[@jimmysjobs]

Thank you for the kind words, hope you subscribe and stick around!

[@motomaggs7164]

Weapons of Mass Destruction expert, demographics engineer, vaccine specialist, AI guru, is there no end to this man’s talents?…

[@GR-sc3ph]

😂😂

[@johannesburgreal441]

hahahahahahahahaha

[@Jordan-ns2ov]

I mean he was prime minister all prime ministers need to pretend like they know about everything

[@PhilDnz]

Yes, his lies to the British voting public in 1997.

[@selfpreservationsociety]

I know a creep when i see one,

[@ehnowthen]

Lock him up!

[@stephenward3943]

appreciate the comprehensive transparency about revenue at the end of the recording. good luck for 2025

[@jimmysjobs]

Thanks Stephen, i hope you subscribe and stick around.

[@yuliyakay2553]

Tony Blair was so right with what he said at the beginning - politicians leave without sharing what they have learned, that for me is a total waste of what could be valuable knowledge. Plus it is also rare that any MP is put in charge of a dept they have prior knowledge of running, which is absurd.

[@BarryOGorman]

excellent interview approach

[@jimmysjobs]

Thanks Barry - appreciate that, I hope you subscribe and stick around.

[@GIRUxGIRU]

Great interview, might be worth muting all the bots in the comments though

[@movingvisionmotiongraphics5110]

mute rather than debate- typical modern lefty- cant handle other opinions

[@jimmysjobs]

Thank you. And yes good point.

[@willdon.1279]

Always interesting to see how you can get to the human behind the public persona. I have spent a lifetime as a foot soldier trying to get my idea of decent MPs elected - which has resulted in huge admiration for 90% of ALL parties, who work hard, are smart, decent human beings trying their best for the electors. And 100 times better than the sneering, hypocritical, stupid "commentators" critics, many even with hindsight, not having a clue about anything mildly complex. As for choosing, too often needed, between several awful alternatives - just forget it!

[@matty506]

Should be locked up. Irreversible damage caused by this man.

[@philbland]

Subtle with the 'recorded in Dec 2024' lol, wonder what Tony thinks about his recent rampage against Kier

[@jimmysjobs]

Yeah, I think he might have had a very different answer, which is just why we wanted to add that for context and fairness.

[@johannesburgreal441]

Tony...he could have been one of the greats, maybe the greatest of all time. Just a real pity about that 2003 miscalculation.

[@michaelcox8820]

he also opened the country up to out of control mass immigration.

[@jaggmor]

iraq was based

[@doa379]

Ironically it is an outcome that AI would have come up. Namely cast the outcome into what you want it to be.

[@willdon.1279]

Hindsight is a wonderful process for being 100% right.

[@EwanNDW]

Completely exposed by that pathetic definition of AI at the beginning. ChatGPT is narrow AI that works off massive data sets of >HUMAN< work and hallucinates answers based off them. No more groundbreaking than the infuriating chat bots we've had to deal with from services like Amazon or Apple (which of course are remarkable at cutting inefficiency for tech giants). The way he talks about the NHS is genuinely disgusting. Tony's grand vision for our health service is open the door to these software companies to replace consultations with chat bots to misdiagnose our conditions. No doubt this tech derangement is fueled by his son's Silicon Valley investments. The biggest problem facing Western developed countries is the drop in living standards fueled by growing wealth inequality, don't buy into this nonsense continuation of sticking plaster politics.

[@JohnAdams-kc8wx]

Great point

[@cengiztaner4754]

You are mental if you are equating ChatGPT with "classical" chatbots.

[@jaggmor]

No actually he's quite spot on with regards to AI as in chat GPT. It's possible that he's known of AI since he was PM since his first description is what AI used to be in the 00s

[@jonathanbowen3640]

Chat bots are nothing like chatgpt. AI isn't a "sticking plaster". Its absolutely fundamental to society and will be rapidly increasingly so over the next decades Also growth inequality doesn't mean automatically mean drop in living standards. Some of the nations with the highest inequalities actually have really high living standards. Singapore, Taiwan, Sweden, Finland are all more unequal by some metrics than the UK, yet have mostly higher standards of living. Additionally by Gini coefficients the UK doesn't have that much income inequality out of the "high income" countries standards. You comment is just a few buzz words, some emotion, lots of arrogance but you have next to no actual understanding of the subjects.

[@MrMcSwiftface]

Ignorance is bliss

[@TheShellw1977]

He made everything worse

[@ahhammouti3928]

Mr former PM Tony Blair they said to the responsibilities of the pressure ( as PM probably more in UK more major actor a day in downing street 10 with Mr David cammeroun early morning ) quickly and quickly the nose to the handlebars after the responsibilities (leaving power) the skills the height of vision improved by age and experience are there it is probably another perception is that correct ? nothing better than a catalyst in think tank🙂🙂🙂 you can tell me welcoming in global institute 🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@user-zr3nt1gg8x]

After Iraq, wouldn't he be better off going away and joining a monastery or something?

[@jonathanwilson6203]

Responsible for Britain’s ruin

[@S-u-p-a]

How. Britain earned more when he was pm.

[@datageek9132]

@@S-u-p-a This is the problem. There are economic waves and ups and downs. If they happens to be prime minister during this time, they are going to try to take credit for this when it would have happened anyway.

[@JohnAdams-kc8wx]

@@S-u-p-agdp per capita has fallen

[@paulhudson8342]

"Obviously we're not talking about 10 million jobs being displaced"... why not? If your job isn't accredited, regulated, or unionised in some way, what is the reason to require a human?

[@JanosFeher]

For first, he was an expert on WMDs, now on AI. What a great mind!

[@doa379]

You serious? _No_

[@JanosFeher]

@@doa379 forgot the /s

[@MargaretDeakin-d6m]

Why all this talk? Action is required. AI could be part of the solution, but the last two computer installations in the NHS failed to improve healthcare, but cost mega bucks. Why not recruit retired medical people to deliver some real people centred care. The solution to health provision is not going to be solved by never ending intellectual discussions involving more expensive private systems..........give this challenge to the people that are more suited to taking a rolling up their sleeves action. That is perhaps the problem. Theorists will just keep kicking the problem around, spending money we do not have, and not finding solutions.Patient centred care is required.

[@doa379]

What data are we talking about precisely? Your outcomes, namely your desired outcomes are only as good as the data. Data is ambiguous largely because of noise in the data. You want to avoid ambiguity in govt. If you thought that govt lacked technology then the application of this sort of technology is profoundly worse. Running a govt need not be overly complicated. You don't want an excessive number of degrees of freedom in your policies. This isn't the first time that govts in the West have come into existence. You need to count on the experience in govt, both past and present, and build upon those. Not rip everything down and start over every Z years in a new govt. It is why an establishment exists like it or not. With change for the sake of change you are effectively starting over from first principals and you are bound to make the same mistakes all over again. How can a nation entirely lose track of itself as we see in the UK?? The answer is severe corruption, not a lack of technology.

[@Richard-d1y]

1600 views in two days, Tony. Youve earnt it.

[@jamiemacdonald9030]

Great interview tony I only wish u never went into Iraq let's be honest u can wipe the floor with starmmer our current pm Very right about the conversation about mental health

[@kkunleashed7991]

No Tony, the central problem of developed countries today, is we don't hold criminal leaders like you to account. If Britain was a genuine meritocracy, then politicians like you would be put on trial and thrown in jail for what you did to this country.

[@lumpygravy38]

Damian Thorne.

[@martycrow]

In 50 years and certainly in a century, people will come to understand how consequential Blair was, how much more he could have done in office, and how much he actually contributed post-office. Blair is a thinker and detractors are not. Many challenge his legacy and worldview in a predictable way but very, very few from anything but an ideological perspective.

[@willdon.1279]

The nonsense is baked in hard. From people who know nothing but prejudice, and understand even less...

[@albal156]

Not reversing the brain dead privatisations undergone during the Major and Thatcher governments is Blairs worst legacy, that and not building any council homes and not ending right to buy so councils could build more homes. The only privatisations that succeeded were telecoms and, to a certain, extent the energy market but government has been pumping subsidies into that sector for years to subsidise renewable energy.

[@ahhammouti3928]

more than one CEO had told me about the carism character and professional ( more speed one) but I didn't fly high even if I was a pilot candidat 86 and air traffic controller candidat 92 brothers wright in one 🙂🛩✈🚀🙂polytech92 candidat 🙂🙂requiring empathy for the man 🙂🙂

[@markedwardkerman3849]

Terrible prime minister, caused great harm, hence why you never really hear anyone calling themselves a Blairite anymore as it is seen as a stain on the ideological canvas of a rational person.

[@andysinclair943]

That was a great episode.

[@jimmysjobs]

Thank you Andy, appreciate that, do check out our episodes with Clegg and Hague too.

[@williammckeen5233]

Iraq War

[@richardpekar5463]

When you listen to Trump and then Tony Blair, you realise how dumb and unintelligent Trump is... Blair would rip shreds off him in a discussion .... To be able to repair the mess Thatcher & Major caused to the UK, Blair could possibly be the best PM the UK has ever seen... The interview was superb and if anyone needs to listen to a special articulated man and needs to learn something that can broaden the way their politics is viewed - then this is the interview. However, if people are going to appreciate it... all these comments need to be switched off... There are always people that don't appreciate what they need to learn and then the derogatory baseless comments spoil it.

[@albal156]

The issue is people feel like Trumps is listening to them.

[@richardpekar5463]

@@albal156 .... But he may be listening but not in the way people would hope he is. Let me tell you what I mean; Trump is a demagogue. If you are not aware of a political demagogue, Wikipedia does a great definition and as you read, it defines how Trump listens and reacts... And it's dangerous.

[@albal156]

@@richardpekar5463 Of course it dangerous and of course hes unintelligent and I didn't want Trump to be elected either. And yet he got elected and Kamala Harris didn't. Why do you think that is? It should tell you something about the way the Democrats are doing politics. Democrats are resoundingly failing to do politics. They governed well but got booted out of office by people because every "average" American got poorer as result of what central banks did. If Democrats had decided on bernie Sanders instead we might be in a better position.

[@ThomasBoyd-b5s]

That high yes Thomas. Nurse pension low £9000 per year. It low compared him Thomas Age 60

[@lauraemilydunn]

Brilliant episode of the podcast- such useful and fascinating insights.

[@ThomasBoyd-b5s]

Matthew Smith computing teacher Motherwell college Scotland they sack him Age 60 Labour supporter do it Thomas he Thatcherite conservative yes..Hard to get rid of Thomas. He get teacher pension. £13000 per year yes.

[@ubiktd4064]

How's Epstien?

[@ThomasBoyd-s9y]

Unsubscribe from UK monarchy channel it hurt them effectively Thomas.

[@emps3546]

Some interesting points especially around mental health

[@ThomasBoyd-b5s]

Harold Wilson hate him uk monarchy yes Thomas. Did by pass it politically as British Prime minister yes Thomas.

[@ThomasBoyd-b5s]

Awesome. Tik Tok USA freedom speech law it first amendment in USA constitution. Italy 🇮🇹 Republic 1946 Freedom of speech Italy' constitution. Pietro Boselli Italian vote Labour party win 412 Labour party MP's England London Britain. 37 Labour party MP's Scotland politically. Italy did USA make deal with after 1945 war yes they lost the war in Northern Italy Thomas. Bargi Italy your home 🏠 yes Italian with UK citizenship British passport. What education Pietro Boselli Italian high he super rich he a friend Thomas.

[@garywilson6047]

That man should be in jail.

[@lover-of-wisdom]

Look at the United Kingdom now compared to pre 1996. The specimen with all the hand guestures is a specimen that should be under the microscope, and not in a positive way.

[@marieguinan5087]

WEF PUPPET...

[@stuartnewman6968]

The u.k is in the state it is because of this man

[@bpn6c1]

At least someone from ex labour is conscious😂

[@daxwax1]

As if Tony Blair is worth a second thought

[@umultme]

Tony Tony Tony kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYiqgGCKiJiXjposi=cAaP1c1Nv8XuMWF-

[@JoeStewart-Paul]

Is it me or has he deteriorated?

[@LanBrian]

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[@koroglurustem1722]

Devil doesn’t have horns but wears a suit

[@nabilfreeman]

Score! Great interview Jimmy

[@iaincairney]

Lead your country into a quarter of a century (and counting) decline while feathering your nest. Cheers tony. Have you not got enough money now to bugger off into obscurity.

[@SurprisedAnacondaSnake-rh1qt]

you were one of the worst PMs we ever had

[@Flugal007]

The architect for the demise of Britain

[@jacobjorgenson9285]

YOU failed Tony! You remember ?

[@noWOKE386]

Tony im 30 seconds in to thos video i can tell you that the only way to sort out governments is not let people like you into office.

[@davidcleary-xb1hs]

Looks like Tony is finally experienced enough to manage an economy 😂

[@lw1zfog]

blood on its claws

[@reecewalton3177]

Should be in jail, let's not forget as well the SAS disobeyed his orders because he didn't want the SAS to rescue 2 team members due to it affecting his election campaign. The SAS rescued their brothers successfully. Then he had the cheek to say he greenlit it after it was done to save face. How many British soldiers died in Iraq? How many children without there dad's? This guy seriously shouldn't have the privilege to walk the streets let alone be given a platform to speak and laugh

[@peterjones6507]

Blair should be good on this topic, as an utterly failed leader. Indeed. it is not easy to think of another leader who has failed so completely. Britain may never recover from the damage he did, and certainly few are so widely hated. I'm surprised he has the gall to appear in public. .

[@niallmaca5670]

War criminal.

[@LanBrian]

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