BONUS: Jonathan Powell – “What I discovered in No.10 is how LITTLE power you have”

“You need to persuade the Civil Service. Attacking them is not the way to do it.” As Tony Blair’s Chief of Staff during the New Labour years, Jonathan Powell trod the path of radical reform that Dominic Cummings now walks. In this extended version of his interview in this week’s INSIDE BRIEFING, he tells Sam Macrory of the hidden pitfalls of rapid government reform, the perils of absentee opposition, and the real possibility of the UK breaking up over Brexit.

“I think Boris Johnson will survive this year, politically,” he says. “But I don’t think Dominic Cummings will.”

Interview by Sam Macrory. Audio production by Alex Rees.

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