Answering your questions on G8 today at 3pm are Andrew Mitchell, shadow secretary of state for international development, and Kirstie Shirra, head of Scottish campaigns for the World Development Movement. Post your questions now here.
While you're grilling them, the leaders of G8, the richest countries of the world plus Russia, arrive in Scotland.
Flying in to Glasgow's Prestwick airport are leaders from the US, France, Russia, Canada, Italy, Germany, Japan, as well as delegations from non-G8 countries, the EU commission and heads of the World Bank, IMF and WTO. They will be met by representatives of the Queen, the UK government and the Scottish executive. And some Scottish schoolchildren. And Bob Geldof and Bono, natch. The summit gets under way as soon as they get to Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder.
The G8 Alternatives group have permission to march outside the venue of the G8 leaders this afternoon. Up to 30,000 are expected. We'll be among them.
Some demonstrators will attempt to blockade all routes to Gleneagles to stop the summit taking place. And some may attempt to play golf on the Gleneagles Hotel course.
Back here in Edinburgh, what is surely the first gig that opens with the Proclaimers (who we're hoping to talk to) and ends with James Brown takes place at Murrayfield: Edinburgh 50,000; the Final Push. It's our guest blogger Midge Ure's baby, the Scottish Live 8. Follow it live tonight on our sister blog, Culture Vulture.
Members of our Edinburgh team wanted to put a fiver on London winning the 2012 Olympic bid today, but because we all agree London will win, we'll donate to ActionAid.
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