As the debates went ahead in the Senate, it was unclear how much support Letta could count on from PdL dissidents.
7) Why on earth shouldn't these debates go ahead?
7) Why should the debates go ahead anyway?
He said: "My main desire is that the debates go ahead.
Usually, I refuse these invitations and try to explain why I think it is problematic to frame the conversation in this way, but that invariably results in the "debate" going ahead anyway while I listen in frustration at home, so this time I raised the issue when it arose on the programme instead.
So, I'm helping to make this debate go ahead".
And then the debate went ahead, as planned, with Sarkozy the epitome of charm.
The debate went ahead anyway, with Emirati businessmen and British journalists on the panel.
The prime minister made the claim before the debate went ahead without him, saying: "I'm a polite individual and if I'm not invited, I'm not going to try and gatecrash it".
The prime minister claimed before the debate went ahead without him: "I'm a polite individual and if I'm not invited, I'm not going to try and gatecrash it".
