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Thursday, 14th June 2007

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I have a small piece on Tony Blair's 'feral beast' speech in today's Il Foglio. You can read it here (if you speak Italian!).

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Joshua

June 14th, 2007 2:59pm

Sigh! Once again I'm going to have to wait for the offical Guardian translation by Neil Clark.

giorgia

June 14th, 2007 3:14pm

"it's like when people kill their own parents and then ask for mercy 'cos they're orphans" (ok, I confess, I *am* Italian... ;-))

Marty

June 14th, 2007 6:18pm

Yes but he (Blair) is right though - much as a despise the man That seems to be the point the media are missing. Just because Blair criticises you lot doesn't automatically nullify his argument

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