I Guess This Answers the QuestionSounds like Geldof's demonstrations
will go off as scheduled, despite the debt reduction deal.
Yet Geldof, who has campaigned to alleviate African poverty for more than 20 years, said the deal was "just a beginning".
Romilly Greenhill, of the British charity ActionAid, told
The Observer it was "great news for countries that will immediately benefit, but will do little to help millions in at least 40 other countries that also need 100 per cent debt relief".In all probability, the ones that didn't qualify need "dictator relief" more than they need debt relief.
And get this non-sequitur:
Asked whether he feared that corrupt African governments would squander the funds, Mr [Gordon] Brown told The Observer: "When there are 30,000 children dying every day, when there are 100,000 schoolchildren not going to school every day, I think most parents, in every country of the world, would support what we are doing."Would it be impolite to ask him how many children he expects will be dying every day and schoolchildren not going to school every day now that the deal is in place? I'm willing to bet it's a high percentage of the current number.
And it's pretty much irrelevant, I'll admit, but what's with this:
