Newsnight 10/6/10

Newsnight – Thursday June 2010

Ahead of the opening of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Lyse Doucet asks four of the Elders what the games can really deliver for the continent. Lyse meets Desmond Tutu, Graca Machel, Kofi Annan and Ladkhar Brahimi. 

Presented by Gavin Esler.

Broadcast on:
BBC Two, 10:30pm Thursday 10th June 2010

Duration:
50 minutes

Available until:
11:19pm Thursday 17th June 2010


Welcome to the new austerity!

Angela Merkel seeking changes to how European economy’s run.
Fiscal stimulus turned to thriftiness.

Clegg and Hague in Germany today.

Can austerity in so many countries simultaneous survive?
Austerity does not bring Prosperity.

Booming Asian economy.
Western lacking.

Britain dependent on European markets.
Needs Germany to be more consumerist.
Not to be cutting on public spending.
Perennial crystal ball: FTSE 100

German Foreign Office Minister:
Hoyer
Whilst German economy is recover, cutting public expenditure?
Germans to return to growth, either increase public expenditure, or increase education, research, productivity.

Germans fearful of debt, dangerous, morally wrong…
Increasing public expenditure can lead to inflation.

Belief in the Eurozone.
Needs to be competitiveness in Global market.

Arguments offering alternatives to German strategy.
Germany has to increase domestic expenditure, the last resort of Europe.
Two panelists disagree with Germany’s direction.

Irwin Stelzer

European Central Bank not fully acting it’s role.
5% of GDP.

Asked whether UK’s got it right?
Don’t know yet.
Know what they’re saying.
Don’t know what they’re going to do.
There’s often a gap.

Education to be cut?...

Secretary of
Michael Gove

Civitas?
A time for re-thinking the focus.
Bums on seats, for the sake of it.

David Willetts MP
Universities Minister

Prid pro quo?

Exclusivity of Higher Education once a symbol of the elite.

Dr. Wendy Piatt, Russel Group (advisor to Labour government)
Keeping funding for universities

Michael Morpurgo – Children’s writer
Early development are absolutely critical to life.


Being setup as either or…
They could both be cut.

Personally side with the kid’s dude.


Mandela’s Elders in South Africa

Chair - Desmond Tutu
Kofi Annan
Algerian
Former UN Envoy
Graca Machel

Biggest divide between rich and poor
Arpatheid
1995 Springboks, with Nelson Mandela represented Afrikana Nationalism.

Presidents for life..
African disease.

An evolutionary process.
Keeping the pressure.


Questioning the relationship between UK+US.

Obama seeking for an ‘ass to kick’.
Interesting narrative.

Obama’s father mistreated by the British.

‘Dreams of my Father’ – should really check it out.

Boris Johnson inciting rift, Obama on ‘British’ Petroleum.

Broadcaster critical of Obama, thinking he thinks he can make peacemakers of the world. Hasn’t really reached out to the French or British.

Like the World Cup light touch to the discussion!
Amusing!

Credence to that possibility.