'The poor will be heard. We’ll speak for them’

Shaun Connolly, Gleneagles

As the heads of the major industrial nations flew into Scotland for their annual gathering, the Irishman declared: "This time the poor will be heard. We will speak for them."

With Mr Geldof urging a million people to take to the streets today, he dismissed the anarchists who clashed with police on Monday as "losers".