This week Laura talks to Baroness Sally Morgan, Trustee of the Big Tent Ideas Foundation. She was Tony Blair's press secretary and worked in Downing Street for 8 years, Minister for Women and Equalities, chair of Ofsted, was on the Olympics Delivery Authority, and is now Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. They talk about the Iraq vote, Sinn Fein coming to Number 10 for Peace talks, the path to civil partnerships and the power of Tessa Jowell in getting the Olympics to the UK.



You can follow Baroness Morgan and Laura on Twitter: @BaronessMorgan and @LauraRound 

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In What Were You Thinking former political advisor Laura Round speaks to politicians, opinion formers and business people to find out about the experiences, people and places that have inspired them. What motivates them? Why did they decide to do what they do? What are the most memorable and surprising situations they have found themselves in? The answer is often unexpected.

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