I am finding myself increasingly increduluous at the news reports being published around the Make Poverty History campaign and in particular the "Live8" re-runs of Live Aid being championed by Bob Geldof.
First of all he's promoting a massive convcert in Hyde Park on the same day as the Make Poverty History protest. What are they doing?
I mean Gordon Brown has encouraged people to go to Edinburgh and protest, and now the pop stars are in effect telling people "no it's ok you can make your statement to the G8 by listening to the reformed Spice Girls in london instead of going to edinburgh"!!
It's quite crazy and I'm sure there are some in the Make Poverty History coalition that would in fact be happier with just a concert, but the rest of the coalition must be wondering what the hell is going on.
I've lost count of the number of news stories that have pretty much just focussed on Sir Bob and his celeb plans or his one liner quotes - Do a google news search and you get 371 articles listed for "g8 geldof" alongside the 946 for "g8 gleneagles"...
And now, not content with the first set of Live8 or whatever they call it, he is now planning on organising another massive concert - this time in Edinburgh (perhaps at Murrayfield Stadium), and this time on the First Day of the G8 Summit!
So not content with offering a non-protest alternative to the make poverty history demo - he is now doing the same to the other mobilisations which planned their protests on the first day of the summit.
What the fuck is this guy up to?
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