Blog posts tagged "G20"

June 28, 2010 11:54 am 11 Comments

There is still not the structure that rendered the G8 a success in place to provide the same service for the G20, writes Jon Snow.

May 5, 2009 11:00 am No Comments

A balmy bank holiday weekend for sailing. Despite the fact that my cousin Peter Snow has had a boat ever since I can remember, I don’t set sail with him enough. This weekend reminded me of both the joys and perils of sailing. A thousand sails swept along the Solent in brisk winds. Within hours [...]

April 15, 2009 4:57 pm No Comments

You may have found the past few days of revelations concerning the inner workings of Downing Street, a heartbeat from the prime minister, hard to credit. But how about this? On the day the G20 summit met in London’s Docklands, we asked people – mainly via Twitter - to keep an eye open for anyone [...]

April 2, 2009 12:33 pm No Comments

Just recorded this from the ExCel Centre where today’s G20 fun and games are taking place. The video is a perfectly formed 16 seconds. Enjoy.

9:42 am No Comments

Welcome to the end of the earth. Welcome to the land God forgot.. I am in the ExCeL centre. But worry not, the ExCeL centre excels at nothing. It has the shared misfortune with 20 of the world’s most powerful leaders of being the place that this summit is being held.

April 1, 2009 2:00 pm No Comments

I have just emerged from the World Bank offices in Millbank and an interview with its president, Robert Zoellick. He has a formidable intellect and interesting moustache. He too had a flyer’s cold. I told him of the benefits of squirting saline water up your nasal passages in the morning and at night. He was grateful. [...]

12:21 pm No Comments

This G20 exists at so many levels. Take Brazil’s President Lula. Fearless campaigner against the carbon footprint. But having flown from Brazil to Doha and Doha to Paris, today he abandoned his plane, sending it empty to London while he took the train. But the high spot thus far has been the Obama-Brown press conference. [...]

8:28 am No Comments

I’m sitting the Locarno room at the Foreign Office waiting with 200 other hacks for the Obama/Brown press conference, and even in this august circumstance there’s an air of a palpable expectation. Not of course in terms of economic breakthrough but the mere arrival of The Man.

March 31, 2009 5:30 pm 4 Comments

There is undoubtedly a historic feel to the impending arrival here of the new American president. But despite the ascent of Barack Obama, Grosvenor Square, in London’s west end, together with the looming hulk that is America’s embassy, will be the focus of anti-globalisation protesters tomorrow. As a clapped-out old protester myself – to my [...]

12:04 pm No Comments

Last night France’s finance minister talked to us on Channel 4 News. So did China’s ambassador to London. They were both in their individual ways impressive. They were both women too. In 2009, well into the 21st century, it is still rare to interview women, even on a programme as enlightened as ours!