Blair responds to campaigner pressure
 Thought this was worth blogging - Tony Blair has written a response to Oxfam supporters after messages from 86,000 people - inclduing you - were delivered to Downing Street recently. We were calling for Blair to keep the promises he and other world leaders made at the G8 summit in Edinburgh last year.
Before he set off for the 2006 summit in St Petersburg, Blair penned a response which is printed in full on the main Oxfam website. In the letter he addresses the key issues of trade, the unregulated arms trade, and aid and debt relief. It's a long-ish letter, but well worth the read. "I am not claiming that we have yet achieved everything agreed at Gleneagles," he says at the end. "I do, however, believe that we have made real progress on delivering on these commitments."
Read Blair's letter >>
What do you think about Blair's response? Has he done enough? Have your say below.
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I thought that Tony would be answering each email, not sending a generic response to be posted on a website, still at least
"I agree that we need to make sure that promises of aid are turned into real money for teachers, nurses and doctors. "
By ,
July 19, 2006 1:41 PM
No offence anon but I'm kinda glad TB didn't set aside the rest of the decade to answer 80 thousand emails, he has got a country to run. On second thoughts, at least while he's typing he can't start any more illegal wars or privatise the health service. You're right, come on Tony, hit my inbox.
By ,
July 20, 2006 11:12 AM
Control Arms is a good idea, a ceasefire is better...
By FruitCake,
July 24, 2006 1:52 PM
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