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30 Jan 2019

Jonathan Powell: ‘The British political class has failed’

We spoke to two former Whitehall insiders about how the Brexit negotiations have been handled by Britain’s politicians and civil servants. Jonathan Powell was chief of staff to Tony Blair in Downing Street and was intimately involved in the Northern Ireland peace process. Jill Rutter, who now works at the Institute of Government, previously worked at the Treasury, No.10 and Defra.