Paddy Ashdown is being interviewed next week by Iain Dale for a piece to appear in Total Politics magazine. Iain’s soliciting ideas for questions or topics to cover, so post up your suggestions below.
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“Paddy, quite some time ago I remember you saying that parliament should not be sovereign, the people should be. That sounds like a republican sentiment, do you agree Britain should be a republic?”
Paddy, why are you bothering to be interviewed by Ian Dale and his terrible magazine?
Are you still a vegetarian? Are people surprised to find that such an apparently carnivorous person as yourself is a vegetarian?
What P said.
Are you the IT industry’s patsy?
http://tinyurl.com/cuy5qz
“Did you enjoy your time as a diplomat in Geneva“?
“Do you make a habit of stealing crisps from member, or just from bloggers”?
“Do you make a habit of stealing crisps from member, or just from bloggers?”
Presumably he is after a cut of the Gary Lineker/Walkers action….
What is the future for liberal interventionism?
With Carla Della Ponte’s new book, what are the lessons that we should learn from the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia?