Jeremy Paxman's best interview ever?

Jeremy Paxman interviews then Prime Minister Tony Blair for Newsnight. Topics include old-fashioned Christian values, enforced homelessness, and horny housewives.

(c) BBC, presumably. I'm uploading this for criticism & comment.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• tony blair
• jeremy paxman
• news
• politics
• uk

[usainlightning]

When was this?

[SamPabloKuper]

@usainlightning Good question. I've just checked, and if you search the web for "Tony Blair talks to Newsnight", you'll find BBC web pages that suggest it was broadcast on 16 May 2002. The BBC has also published transcripts; hurrah for accessibility!

[Makashi11]

00:41 Despite a brave face you can hear Blair's nervous GULP in the mighty presence of Paxman.

[SamPabloKuper]

@Makashi11 Well spotted.

[SamPabloKuper]

@lo1lawl Paxman's one of the UK's most respected news anchors. He's respected because - as in this interview with Blair - he avoids sycophancy. Also, unlike, say, Bill O'Reilly, Paxman generally doesn't attempt to measure his interviewees against arbitrary views of his own: he measures them against their own stated standards, which is much fairer.

[usainlightning]

@SamPabloKuper Thanks, i thought it was 2002, because their was no mention of the iraq war and he looks slightly older than in his 2001 interview.

[romahome297]

what year was this?

[xxmrcoolmanxx]

@romahome297 such as sending a country into a war that has nothing to do with it?

[sodoffpinches]

my god was Tony that bad always? I did a jokey youtube video of him back in2008 and I think I got him spot on....have a look at "sodoffpinches-tony's journey" hehe

[halflifeproductionz]

jeremy paxman is GOD!!

[722Graeme]

well I thought he did well here!...Its Paxman ffs anybody would be shitting it!

[oilusboyne]

@SamPabloKuper YES, well said.

[InsanityComesAlive]

lol :)