A world first

April 2nd, 2009

I got a question in to Gordon Brown at the PM’s press conference this afternoon.

It’s a minor first but I’ll claim it. I’ve just become the first blogger to ever ask a question of a world leader at an international summit.

And what is more – Gordon Brown seems to have given an honest answer.

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  1. Martin
    April 2nd, 2009 at 18:41 | #1
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    Did you really think it was an honest answer? I thought he completely failed to answer the thrust of your question, which was about whether there would also be measures that were appropriate to developing countries - he just made it sound like same old same old.

    Regardless of what’s in the annex to the communiqué (and I know you’ve had something about that over at ExCel) he could have taken the opportunity to make an unambiguopus statement, but he didn’t. In fact I don’t think he talked about developing countries at all.

  2. Stuart Jones
    April 2nd, 2009 at 21:09 | #2
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    Congratulations Richard. All your hard work is being rewarded.

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