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Story: Jack Foley
SIR Bob Geldof is confident of making 'a breakthrough' at this
week's G8 summit following the success of Saturday's Live 8 concerts.
Speaking in Edinburgh ahead of Wednesday's meeting, the Live
8 organiser said that he believed the world-wide concerts had
made a difference.
But he was quick to condemn the mindless protesters who had clashed
with police in Edinburgh at the beginning of the week, labelling
them as 'a bunch of losers' who had failed to understand the meaning
of the concert's aims.
Sir Bob is hoping to make poverty history and to put an end to
Third World suffering.
And the former Boomtown Rats singer was joined by Hollywood couple
Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon on a special Virgin train to Edinburgh
from London's Euston station with campaigners from Make Poverty
History.
Speaking upon arrival in Scotland, Geldof remained upbeat about
the chances of making world leader's listen.
He commented: "We hope to achieve a historic breakthrough.
This is a very different G8 this time, I have been to a lot of
G8s and this one is substantively different.
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"The negotiators have been taken
from the table. The British Government will not lower the bar
to the lowest common denominator."
Speaking about the concerts themselves, he insisted that they
had made a huge difference.
"Look at George Bush's reaction where he said he watched
the concert all day and it was a great piece of mass advocacy,"
he went on.
"After the concert he began talking about trade. He started
talking in a very different language.
"This is an interesting political match taking place at
the G8, this is the first time this summit is serious."
Geldof is in Scotland to continue to put pressure on world leaders,
as well as to support the Long Walk to Justice campaign, which
will culminate with a 60,000-strong concert at Murrayfield.
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