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James Landale

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150 total appearances

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Newscast
What The King Did (And Didn’t) Say To Trump

Wanted to be prime minister, exactly.

Newscast
What The King Did (And Didn’t) Say To Trump

And basically went behind William Hague's back and did a deal, private deal with Downing Street and Blair.

Newscast
What The King Did (And Didn’t) Say To Trump

And basically said, okay, we will eventually let your reforms through, but you are going to save 92 hereditaries who are going to carry on.

Newscast
What The King Did (And Didn’t) Say To Trump

And he did this deal without telling Haig.

Newscast
What The King Did (And Didn’t) Say To Trump

And so Haig had to sack him.

Newscast
What The King Did (And Didn’t) Say To Trump

And the reason Blair gave in to that was because he was just so bored of the whole thing.

Newscast
What The King Did (And Didn’t) Say To Trump

There was a story I remember once about how this issue was being brought up again at Cabinet.

Newscast
What The King Did (And Didn’t) Say To Trump

And Blair started publicly yawning because he found the whole thing so, so boring.

Newscast
What The King Did (And Didn’t) Say To Trump

But that's why the heredities have survived for so long.

Newscast
What The King Did (And Didn’t) Say To Trump

And here we all are.

Newscast
What The King Did (And Didn’t) Say To Trump

And they're only now leaving Haig.

Newscast
What The King Did (And Didn’t) Say To Trump

Thank you.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-09-2025 4AM EST

A lot of the targets were energy infrastructure.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-09-2025 4AM EST

There's a clear attempt by Russia now to make living in Ukraine very, very hard.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-09-2025 4AM EST

They want to

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-09-2025 4AM EST

make it very hard, particularly in the east, for people to get access to electricity and to get heating.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-09-2025 4AM EST

And that's not just a question of trying to damage Ukrainian morale, but it's also trying to damage Ukraine's economy.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-09-2025 4AM EST

They just want to make it very, very hard to do stuff in Ukraine simply because they think that is a long-term strategy that could put some political pressure on the government here in Kyiv.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-08-2025 11PM EST

A lot of the targets were energy infrastructure.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-08-2025 11PM EST

There's a clear attempt by Russia now to make living in Ukraine very, very hard.