Comic Relief

[smart1]

Anybody think this should be re-named CR for Africa?
Have watched from start tonight, and there have been 2 items on British causes versus more than 10 items on Africa.

[NazNomad]

No.

[China Doll]

Couldn't give a monkeys, it's easy to avoid and if you want to give you do.

[Astonvanilla]

Couldn't watch it when presenters Graham Norton Davina Mc Call made an appearance.Will give a donation later. Saw David Tennant on a feature about kids with blindness was disturbing costs £150 for treatment. The people watching this show are usually pensioners kids etc all the money people are out socialising if the BBC spent less sending reporters abroad they could give a big donation, Sorry for the rant.

[4getmenot]

and? no matter what country they live in there are poor children dying out there that never asked to be born into that! The money raised goes to such good causes and I couldnt give a flip where they live.

[gina32]

smart i said the same thing, all about africa, yes i do feel sorry for them but doesnt charity begin at home?

[4getmenot]

surely only selfish people say that?

[knowabit]

It's quite simple... Don't donate if you dont like where the money is going!! There are plenty of UK charities you can donate to!!!

[craft1948]

I must admit I thought the James Corden sketch hilarious (and I don't like him)

[DTCwordfan]

How about Overseas Aid Programme...then the Govt can cut back on theirs and save us some more tax payers money from being fittered away

[johne1892]

And the government have pledged to match a £10 million donation for CR.

What The Funicular? We're in the middle of a recession where they are having to make cuts to public sector jobs yet they can scrape together 10 million to send to Africa?!?!?

[knowabit]

With George!!! Excellent!

[craft1948]

I even laughed at Gordon Brown for the right reasons..............

[Purple_Popple]

Sorry to say but ever since the gigantic 'Band Aid; concert of the 80s, it's still the same desperation in Africa, no matter how much is raised, nothing seems to change ???? I thought one year they were educating them on contraception etc ...

[4getmenot]

yes but compared to then its a whole lot better.

[alexanderd]

The problem is with most of these charity things no-one can be sure the money is going to the right place. The leaders seem to do allright in their big palaces and dont give a stuff for the locals.

[Bobbisox]

I said this earlier in the week and OMG was I jumped upon, I was branded a racist at best, at worse, I could only imagine what I was being called behind the scenes, so before it all happens yet again, No, I am not a racist , I think the ED would have pulled any racist comment I made, and rightly so,
I did check the website though and they do a lot of work for British Charities too and my conception was somewhat misguided in as much as we should try to implement Western ideals on the African Nations, I took this on board and admitted freely I was wrong in my suggestion

[Purple_Popple]

I can't see how it is a whole lot better - as some ABer in here i recall adding that why dont they send celebs out there to actually help put in water sanitation aids etc....

[ummmm]

You weren't called a racist for saying charity begins at home Bobbi. You were called a racist for talking about these people like the were sub human.

[ummmm]

Purple - I think you'll find they do. Some of these celebs are involved in projects all year round.

[Purple_Popple]

But who is helping us in our crisis, we have poverty, disease, starvation too.... I have only seen one plea for British aid so far, oh and the 'Whitney' story in EE..the rest have been for malaria, eyesight problems, premature babies, starvation - all in Africa. It is very sad, very, but we as a nation also need charity. But nothing will change.