"So shouldn't we think about a strategy that targets the right people in an effective way?

And shouldn't we be absolutely clear about what we are trying to achieve?"

If you could be arsed, it's not hard to find out. Nick Dearden, of the Put People First campaign, said:

"For decades, we've been campaigning to make the global financial architecture fair and sustainable. Now that it's collapsed, that message is more relevant than ever....we wanted to bring a coalition together to make clear what needed to be done. The interest has been quite amazing. What's really significant about this is the marrying up of unions, environmental groups, trade justice groups, religious groups – all of them uniting for the first time around a common manifesto which we are demanding the G20 adopts."