Foreign aid
June 24, 2005
Friday

Private education in the third world

One of the many reservations I have about the Richard Curtis/Bob Geldof/Gordon Brown bandwagon to ‘make poverty history’ and have a million people pressurising the G8 is that they all, effectively, wish to bolster the state apparatus in African countries. … Continue reading →

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June 16, 2005
Thursday

Bob Geldof”s attack on Ebay was illogical and excessive

Bob Geldof is becoming Britain’s moral conscience. Bishops, vicars and cardinals have vacated the pulpit from which morality was once preached and in has stepped the veteran pop singer. He is beginning to look the part, too. His long greying … Continue reading →

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