"David Cameron says this society is broken; even Boris Johnson says this is piffle. Barack Obama has not argued that American society is broken because his is the politics of hope. He has re-engaged America not talked it down,"said David Lammy MP at the America Votes, Europe Responds conference.

Read the David Lammy speech here.

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"Most people remember what a broken society feels like: I was there in the 1980s," he said. In Britain today more and more children were going to better schools and the NHS had been reformed to get rid of those long waiting lists."

Other speakers included:

Ben Brandzel, former Director of Online Engagement for the John Edwards campaign and Advocacy Director for Moveon.org; Roger Liddle, former Economic Adviser to the European Commissioner, President Jose Manuel Barroso and to Tony Blair; Dr. Timothy J. Lynch, co-author of After Bush: The Case for Continuity in American Foriegn Policy; Catherine Fieschi, David Lammy MP; Catherine Mayer, Time; and Dr. Rolf Mützenich Mdb, Member of the German Parliament.

Listen to the podcast here.

Read the transcript of the American Foreign Policy session here .