"Having huge numbers of people here is one thing, but there is a limit to the number of people we can take," said Anderson. "We want to play a part in hosting an event that can influence G8, but we want to carry it out safely. We want to save lives in Africa we don’t want to put them at risk in Edinburgh."
And Geldof is planning "the sequel to Live Aid, known as Live 8" to "raise money and awareness of world poverty". Despite the fact that all the billions raised last time apparently haven't changed a thing.
Live 8, which is part of the Make History Poverty campaign led by film director Richard Curtis, is expected to be the largest music event since Live Aid in 1985.
So, the cluelss Geldof and the left want us to march on Edinburgh, endangering the public and give more money to a program that has little impact. Can the left make things any worse?
Well, actually, yes they can.
At one of the factories, the Tat Shing Rubber Manufacturing Company in Shenzen, employees were working a seven-day week for less than the minimum wage, with no annual leave, no right to freedom of association, and poor health and safety provisions, one report said.
At the Fuzhou Xing Chun Trade Company, workers were being paid below the minimum wage and having pay deducted for disciplinary reasons, the other report said.
The product? Make Poverty History wristbands.
Via Laban Tall
UPDATE
Seems most people in the UK agree with me.
As the Prime Minister prepares to fly to Washington on Monday to try to secure American support for proposals to tackle poverty in the Third World, a poll for The Daily Telegraph shows that 83 per cent of people are not confident that money given by the West would be spent wisely.
And what do they blame Africa's problems on?
It also shows that 79 per cent of voters believe that corruption and incompetence were to blame for Africa's problems.
So, throwing money at the problem is not the answer.
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