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June 21, 2005
Tuesday
 
 
Richard North on Bob Geldof
Johnathan Pearce (London)  African affairs • Globalization/economics

Richard B. North has a terrific set of articles about the current focus on Africa, debt-relief and poverty brought about partly by the efforts of Sir Bob "keep it off eBay" Geldof. It is fair to summarise that North is not totally blown away with admiration by the scruffy former lead singer of the Boomtown Rats, or indeed with the grandstanding of our own wonderful PM, Tony Blair.

Definitely not the sort of articles one would expect to get on a college degree reading list. How I wish the weblog existed when studying for my degree back in the 80s.

Comments

Geldof never actually said "Give me your fucking money" he said "Fuck the addresses, give them the phone numbers".


Posted by rob geldof at June 22, 2005 02:45 AM

In his latest bit of wisdom he has been reported as asking the performers at the Live 8 not to slag off Blair & Bush because it might not be the best way to get their co-operation. Whose guessing that most of artists on the bill(s) are too numb to take his advice?


Posted by Andrew Ian Dodge at June 22, 2005 01:38 PM

Tell me Why I don't like E-Bay
Tell me Why I don't like E-Bay
Tell me Why I don't like E-Bay

I wanna Shut Shuuuuuuuut.

The whole site down.

Moonbat.
He should have auctioned the tickets on e-bay himself.


Posted by EU-Serf at June 22, 2005 03:15 PM

Richard B. North? Don't tell me there's yet another one of them?

(I think you mean Richard D. North).


Posted by Scott Campbell at Blithering Bunny at June 22, 2005 09:42 PM

If geldof wants to affect Canadian fiscal policy he should become a citizen and run for office, until then shut the f--- up. While we are on it perhaps bono could try to straighten up that hatefull little country he is from before shooting his mouth off.


Posted by lorne wasy at July 8, 2005 05:59 PM
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