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20 Sep 09 2 Comments

Pontignano conference: the final messages

This final session of the Pontignano conference is dominated by Obama: whether he will “make it”. Consensus is that on health care, on a domestic climate change bill, and even in terms

19 Sep 09 No Comments

Merging interests of Europe at the Pontignano conference

If you shut your eyes during the debates here in Pontignano you cannot distinguish which nationality the speaker represents. A generation ago that would not have been true. For a start, fewer of

Pontignano conference continued: after the crash

Jack Straw the Justice Secretary talked here about the “granulisation” of politics, the fragmenting of voters’ preparedness to carry on with voting for conventional old order

18 Sep 09 No Comments

Recession messages from Italy remind me of home

This comes to you from the Pontignano conference which brings together British and Italian politicians, business, media, and the rest to debate the issues of the day. We are gathered in the amazing

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