This thoughtful documentary doesn’t shy from detailing Pinochet’s ruthless regime – Chileans remember the generation of “The Disappeared” – but it also points to how his style foreshadowed many of today’s leaders. The name Pinochet is synonymous with brutality thanks to the 1973 military coup led by the notorious Chilean General. KWĪugusto Pinochet: The Coup, The Torture & The West Cannily she largely lets this most explosive of stories – the dust has scarcely settled – speak for itself. Kuenssberg has, of course, been criticised by both sides when it comes to notions of bias, so here she strives to chart a neutral course through the choppiest of waters. And while we all know all this actually happened, there’s a strong sense of House of Cards political drama as Kuenssberg weaves a path between power-playing politicians and the bewildering array of advisors who all had vested interests to promote and now have reputations to protect. It’s a three-part series so we start with Theresa May’s ill-fated efforts to broker a Brexit deal, a failure that opened the door to the top job for Boris Johnson. That’s the mission here for Laura Kuenssberg who, as the BBC’s political editor during the tumult, is ideally placed to shed some insider light on what was really going down in the corridors of Downing Street. As it’s been almost a whole year since we last had a new prime minister, the time is now ripe for a considered look back at the turmoil that has infected British politics since the Brexit referendum in 2016.
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