Brown's plan to end world poverty

[fractalated]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4149679.stm

finally a politician coming to their senses and looking at the big picture? or a piece of political showboating to gain political weight from the disaster?

i couldn't give a f*uck either way, if it's more than just words and the g8 actually produces something of benefit to the world then more power to them. shame it takes a disaster of this magnitude to make people realise..

 

[Monkey Do]

Brown is a fucking weasel.

And you can bet your balls that in a lot of these poorer countries increased aid and cancelled debt won't mean that any more money/better standard of living goes to a lot of the very poorest people.

 

[JPsychodelicacy]

On the other hand, at least it's something.

Most politicians have been utterly refusing to acknowledge how much strife we cause with our punitive loan rates to poorer countries.

J.

 

[Barclay (Dark Angel)]

Whilst acknowledging that most politicians are weasels, I'm with Joe on this one. Gordon Brown's been saying and *doing* things about 3rd world debt for some time now. (Well before the Tsunami, and before the UK chairmanship of the G8.)

Hugs,

Barclay

 

[Sturdy Pete]

I wonder how much his trip to africa will cost.. surely using the money to help people would be of more use.

something i often wonder about journalists - pointing their cameras at people suffering and talking about them, rather than actually *doing* anything.

having said that, at least they bring the plight of others to the attention of the world - and its not like me complaining about it'll help either :?