So it is all over. The diminutive Frenchman has spoken, at length. So what happened? In the final press conference, President Sarkozy underlined that the FTT was now a mainstream issue, and had made it into the communique. That there were big fights on this issue in the G20 with many against, but that plucky little France…
Well really not enough sleep last night. But with strong coffee and a hearty bowl of Special K, I made my way with the team to the media centre. Life in the fast lane for me. We met Bill Nighy who had arrived last night and to do BBC Breakfast- the 8.10 slot which is…
I am sitting in the main auditorium at the press centre at 11.30 at night waiting with the world’s press for Sarkozy and Merkel to turn up to do a press conference. They are 30 minutes late. Rumours are flashing around the room, the best one being that they have grown so bored of talking…
The day got off to a great start when we arrived in Nice (of the many sacrifices I have made in my life for the world’s poor this is clearly one of the toughest) and went straight to the march where we were greeted by the vision of 100 campaigners dressed as Robin Hood (or…