 | Daniel Moylan is an elder statesman of London government, much in demand for his insights and advice. He has served as Deputy Leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council, Deputy Chairman of Transport for London under Boris Johnson, Chairman of London Councils Transport and Environment Committee and Chairman of the London Legacy Development Corporation during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. He is known for his radical, can-do approach to improving the cityscape and for bringing down the last remnants of the London Underground PPP. He is currently a backbench Conservative councillor in Kensington and Chelsea and co-Chairman of Urban Design London.
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Going nowhere? Staying local in a global village
"I was impressed by the intensity of the debate and the high level of intellectual engagement, not least by the audience. It was an invigorating, even exhilarating experience to be part of a festival based on the conviction that disagreement is good. The Battle of Ideas is a fantastic concept, may it spread epidemically to the rest of the world. I am already looking forward to next year's event."
Thomas Hylland Eriksen, professor of social anthropology, University of Oslo; novelist
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