Mandleson displayed his smooth operating style to skillfully avoid being drawn into interesting topics including Labours legacy of the National defecit and the war against terrorism, including the Iraq WMD issue. Not surprising really. He was very appreciative of Singapore's successful growth and spoke of his close affinity with Lee Kuan Yew over the past years.
Really it boiled down to a very blatent push on book sales.
Sorry for the poor quality picture taken on my Blackberry phone, but I did have a rather good seat.
