Comments on: G8 leaders make ready to drop aid commitments http://www.globaldashboard.org/2008/06/30/g8-backtrackin/ Global risks and how to respond to them, edited by Alex Evans and David Steven Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave http://www.globaldashboard.org/2008/06/30/g8-backtrackin/comment-page-1/#comment-1419 Dave Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:37:51 +0000 http://www.globaldashboard.org/?p=1070#comment-1419 Thank you yet again GlobalDashboard for shedding light on the breaking news... though for once I think you've missed a trick, namely the line in the FT article that says: "The draft communiqué, dated June 25, might still change, diplomats insisted, especially if pressure from African countries or from the public grew next week." Now this may be misplaced youthful optimism, but shouldn't we at least try to contribute to this "pressure"? Writing to newspapers, needling politicians, tattooing bald men's heads and so on? Because it seems that's what the leaker (?) was aiming at, and quite rightly so... Thank you yet again GlobalDashboard for shedding light on the breaking news… though for once I think you’ve missed a trick, namely the line in the FT article that says:

“The draft communiqué, dated June 25, might still change, diplomats insisted, especially if pressure from African countries or from the public grew next week.”

Now this may be misplaced youthful optimism, but shouldn’t we at least try to contribute to this “pressure”? Writing to newspapers, needling politicians, tattooing bald men’s heads and so on? Because it seems that’s what the leaker (?) was aiming at, and quite rightly so…

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