Author and activist George Monbiot is probably the closest the British anti-globalisation movement (or trade justice movement, as it prefers to be called) has to a guru, so it was no surprise he packed out Coach E of the Globalise Resistance express this lunchtime.
Not only was it standing room only, rapt listeners were literally crammed into the overhead luggage racks to catch a glimpse of their hero.
After holding up the Guardian's front page photograph today, which it is fair to say has done little to endear Bob Geldof, let alone Tony Blair, to the travelling demonstrators, Mr Monbiot said: "What was lost, when the G7 finance ministers trumpeted their deal on debt relief a few Saturdays ago, was the outrageous conditionality. But something can be done to turn that conditionality against the wealthy nations. The poor countries can unite, and refuse to pay the debt, and reverse the power relationship. When the bank is owed $2.5trillion, the bank is in trouble, and the poor nations in a position of strength.
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