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London: take 2.
And so it was that at 5pm I met another superb team of Make Trade Fair volunteer campaigners at the entrance to Earl's Court. We made our way inside (after the obligatory struggle with the wristband) and I delivered another briefing to rival even the most boring Health and Safety lecture. Luckily, Team 2 were sufficiently polite to feign interest, and so by the time 6pm came round, and the doors opened, they were raring to go.
Employing new tactics (after learning a bit about the venue last night) we managed to attract a whole load more people to join the ever-increasing Make Trade Fair petition. Everyone in the team worked really hard, and it is a credit to them that we smashed our 10% target, finishing with a very impressive 2,026 sign-ups! Well done to you all! Special mention to Alice (and the Leicester crew) for getting the fastest 100 sign-ups in history, to Ilana and 'cute' Danny for not missing a single person at Main Entrance, to the Bishops for keeping the good family name intact, to the Words and Pictures ladies for proving me wrong, and to everyone for a cracking evening. And not forgetting Sophie, who displayed the biggest smile in all of London after 'In My Place'!
To match the stirling work of the volunteers, the band put on one of the best shows of the whole tour. Perhaps the few special guests spurred them on to greater heights - not only Madonna, but the Foo Fighters too! As a tribute, Chris played his own version of Hung Up, Madonna's latest single. Feel the love!
Of course, whilst all of this is happening, over in Hong Kong the politicians and ministers are sitting down to the WTO talks. We're making such a Big Noise at these gigs, let's hope they can hear us!
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