Make Poverty History

Today Edinburgh saw the Make Poverty History march that has been organised to draw attention to the leaders of the worlds weathiest nations that poverty around the world and particularly in Africa is something that the majority find unacceptable. The so-called Group of 8 (G8 for short) are meeting near Edinburgh over the next few days and so a number of events have been organised to co-incide.

Over the years the G8 summits have drawn large crowds of protesters and sometimes rioting has taken place. These guys just seem to attract trouble wherever they go! Who knows why. Anyways - we thought we'd go along to the MPH march since that's something we both definitely support. There was a crowd of around 200,000 people on the march which took some hours to complete due to the numbers. A superb turn out that will hopefully prick the conscience of those who have the power to make a difference. Don't bother holding your breath while we're all waiting though.

We've added some pictures of the march to this blog that hopefully gives some idea of the scale of the event. Now we're off down the pub where the real politicians go...

Make Sobriety History!!

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