Fewer examples more deeply explored might have added up to a more convincing case, and an easier read.That is a shame, because much of the material would repay a deeper look.
Especially encouraging here is how the authors' vision for the world's poor — better medical care, clean water, more food, more education, all possible with the various technological tools we now have or soon will have — adds up to a deeply humanistic case.
And, I might add, deeply hurtful.
Tony Blair added his characteristic descant, adding "We have imbibed deeply of the Olympic spirit … in throwing timidity to the winds we have rediscovered a spirit that is our own".
The conduct of Omnia, he added, had been "deeply disappointing".
"Frankly, some of the personalised attacks on him and his father have been deeply unsavoury," he added, saying some Labour MPs were "behaving like hyenas".
Journalist Riddle added: "This will have been deeply humiliating.
"I think my father would have been deeply moved by all this renewed enthusiasm for his song," she added.
"We have been deeply involved with each of the parties from the day after the election results came in," he said, adding, "This has been constant".
