Geldof urges a million to march in Edinburgh protest (G-8 / Live 8)

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KAREN MCVEIGH

Key points
• Sir Bob wants mass G8 protests on Edinburgh's streets
• Police chiefs voice concern over possible chaos
• Where will they all stay?

Key quote
"Give up two days of work and there is a chance that maybe, just maybe, you can change things. What’s better - two days of work? Two days of geometry? Or participating in something you will remember all your life?" - Sir Bob Geldof

<snip> At a press conference to launch Live 8, on 2 July, Geldof urged every man, woman and child in Britain to give up work and school and march in their thousands to a rally in Edinburgh on 6 July, in an attempt to influence the G8 summit of world leaders. Geldof said Britain had an opportunity "to do something unparalleled in the world, and especially at the beginning of the 21st century, and that is to tilt the world a little bit on its axis in favour of the poor". <snip>

Midge Ure, fellow Live Aid founder and organiser of Live 8 in Scotland, predicted "tens of thousands" of people would turn up in the capital. He called for the protests to take the shape of the Ban The Bomb demos in the Sixties: "Go there, be part of it. This is something special. We may never have the opportunity of having these people on our shores again." <snip>

http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=598512005

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1. This is great!

I heard he was inviting the pope, the Dalai Lama and Mandela to come to the meeting and concert-

http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/40261.html

Think of how hard it will be for them to be pigeonhold as "left wing wackoes" with a giant coming together like this.