Jonathan Powell on Ukraine, Putin and UK Foreign Policy

This week on the podcast, Tony Blair’s former chief of staff, Jonathan Powell, reflects on the current international crisis. Jonathan met Putin several times during different phases of his leadership, and has been involved in negotiations - including in Northern Ireland - where resolution in any form seemed close to impossible.   Plus brilliant questions, and news of my Union Jack socks, arriving soon.    Rock N Roll Politics is live at Kings Place on Thursday March 17th, and streaming live:   https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words/rock-n-roll-politics-17-mar/ Get Rock'n'Roll Politics early when you back the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RockNRollPolitics    Jonathan Powell’s books include: Great Hatred, Little Room: Making Peace in Northern Ireland   Don’t forget to add your personal RSS for the podcast to your favourite app so you can listen wherever you are…  Email: steveric14@icloud.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Based on his live one-man show Rock & Roll Politics, the broadcaster and author Steve Richards takes a weekly behind-the-scenes tour of UK politics and the media that shapes the way we view the epic political dramas. The future is ridiculously unpredictable and the past is so easy to misread. Subscribe to your weekly guide through seismic times.