Andrew Grice: The Week in Politics
The G8 has come a long way since those cosy fireside chats of the past
Published: 09 July 2005
The Gleneagles summit was inevitably overshadowed by the terrorist outrages in London but it still matters - probably more so than any previous gathering of the world's most powerful nations.
Thanks to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, the G8 has travelled a long way from the cosy fireside chats that began in the 1970s, when world leaders ticked off a motherhood and apple pie declaration on the economy, baked in advance by their officials. Many of their gatherings were little more than a glorified photo-opportunity, a chance to hob-nob on the world stage.
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