Comments on: Davos Newbies Home http://www.davosnewbies.com/2002/09/24/davos-newbies-home/ A year-round Davos of the mind, written since 1999 by Lance Knobel Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nick Sweeney http://www.davosnewbies.com/2002/09/24/davos-newbies-home/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Nick Sweeney Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.davosnewbies.com/?p=744#comment-227 It was, indeed, a great example of Parliamentary debate: forensic, generally well-mannered, incisive, grave. It's the sort of debate that Blair actually hates, which is why he shies away from Parliament most of the time. But some of the speeches actually reminded me of the days when the Times printed most of Hansard in full. Not a debate that we see in the US, alas, or are we likely to see. And isn't it interesting that there's not too much difference between the policy outlined by Tony Blair towards Iraq (and the wider question of terrorism) and that put forward by Al Gore in his Commonwealth Club speech? Regime change isn't on that collective menu. It was, indeed, a great example of Parliamentary debate: forensic, generally well-mannered, incisive, grave. It’s the sort of debate that Blair actually hates, which is why he shies away from Parliament most of the time. But some of the speeches actually reminded me of the days when the Times printed most of Hansard in full. Not a debate that we see in the US, alas, or are we likely to see.

And isn’t it interesting that there’s not too much difference between the policy outlined by Tony Blair towards Iraq (and the wider question of terrorism) and that put forward by Al Gore in his Commonwealth Club speech? Regime change isn’t on that collective menu.

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