Santa tells Tony Blair to Make Poverty History

Though the chimney was blocked for security reasons, sackloads of cards were hand-delivered to Number 10 Downing Street yesterday by Santa and his trusty elf helpers to make the case for seasonal goodwill towards millions of people whose lives are threatened by poverty and global inequality.

The early delivery of goodies to Prime Minister Tony Blair from the Make Poverty History coalition totalled 750,000 postcards. They arrived from campaigners all over Britain calling on the UK Government to deliver trade justice in the upcoming Hong Kong world trade talks.

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