[Gayle]

I'll say it one more time - it was not about money it was about awareness.

Yes, the stars that were there got given goody bags - this was by corporate sponsors who wanted to get in on the act and yes, I think it was a bit tacky so I won't defend them on that. And yes, the phone companies might have made a few bob from the texts (let's hope they donate it to a good cause).

But, the thing is that the sheer fact that we are discussing this means that it worked. There can be very few people in the country now who do not know about the G8 summit and who do not know about the Africans plight. From this website and others around the general concensus seems to be that aid won't work and that trade will - I'm pretty sure that the people around the table tomorrow will have read as many articles & website posts as possible and they too will see that that is what is needed.