As the G7 top obtains underway in Cornwall, Jack Blanchard talks with Tony Blair and also a host of previous elderly federal government authorities concerning what it resembles to go to these unique occasions– and also whether they’re truly still pertinent in the contemporary age.
Blair reminisces concerning his initial large top– a Costs Clinton-hosted G8 in Colorado in 1997– and also one of the most unforgettable, the G8 in Gleneagles in2005 Previous mediator Peter Ricketts clarifies the months of hidden job in advance of each top, and also exactly how casual conferences in the margins can commonly be more vital than the centerpiece. Previous Downing Road assistants Kate Loss and also Paul Harrison raise the cover on David Cameron and also Theresa May’s varying strategies to diplomacy, while POLITICIAN’s very own David Herszenhorn clarifies what it resembles to go to a G7 top as a lowly political hack.