MUSTN'T LET THEM GET SUCH NOTIONS IN THEIR LITTLE HEADS:

'Saint Bob' accused of betraying poor (GERRI PEEV , 12/29/05, The Scotsman)

ANTI-POVERTY activists have attacked Sir Bob Geldof for signing up to David Cameron's new Conservative think tank, accusing the aid campaigner of becoming a propaganda tool for politicians and betraying the poor in Africa.

Geldof's recruitment to the Global Poverty Challenge has alarmed activists who fear his involvement will reinforce the idea of free-market policies being the only way to tackle hardship.

The poor are meant to be dependent on the State.

Posted by Orrin Judd at December 29, 2005 8:11 AM