Also spotted in the Green Room was Christopher Hitchens who was
warming up for his appearance later that day. He later appeared in a
debate with Roy Hattersley, John Micklethwait, and Mark Leonard,
entitled "History will be kinder to Bush and Blair than to Chirac and
Schroder". His most memorable contribution to the frontiers of
intellectual though was to tell one of his questioners in the audience
to "fuck off". For sheer entertainment value this was one not
to miss.