20: Jonathan Powell: How to negotiate with terrorists
The Rest Is Politics: Leading
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Jonathan's First Decision as Chief of Staff
A great politician needs to have a vision of what they're trying to do. They need to be like a great general, not expect to be able to do it all themselves. If you have a politician that doesn't have a vision is simply managerial. It's not going to work. And then who can rely on someone else to make things happen? I saw this gap when my brother was in Downing Street. There was no one who bought together the political side, the media side, the foreign policy side, all together. John Major had to keep intervening. By having the job of Chief of Staff, we were able to make sure that didn't happen. The Prime Minister got one lot
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