00:00This was, I think this is monumental because it was the first time ever that a bunch of
00:04pop people got together to make a real difference in the world.
00:08But now we were all talking just before we started here about on the news there's a clip
00:12of somebody saying, you know, it's not appropriate the, you know, having a phrase
00:18white saviors always used. Ed Sheeran has distanced himself a little bit from the 2024 recording.
00:25Tony, what do you think about that? Because it's almost like people see it now in a different
00:29context. I think they should shut up, to be honest. We were there. I mean, if you take that
00:35route, then nobody does anything to help anybody. Correct. So it's just nonsense. I mean, you know,
00:41do we get rid of children in need because you say, well, the government should supply all the
00:45funds for everything. You know, everybody's trying to do their bit to support various charities.
00:50And we were doing our bit innocently to support what was happening in Ethiopia and in Africa.
00:56And it's still going on. That's the other thing. It's still going on. So what do we do? We sit back
01:01and we do nothing. So I'm sorry, but I don't. It's a weird one, Trevor, isn't it? You must
01:06feel that particularly because you're involved in the one I just played, the 2024 redux.
01:12What do you say to that? I think it was done with the best intentions.
01:19And so I think it's not a good idea to misinterpret it as some kind of patronizing
01:25thing. It was done to help. And really, it was extraordinary that the music business could
01:32achieve that much. I don't think anyone ever anticipated that it would bring, get that kind
01:37of money together. No one else did. You know, so. And, you know, I'm sorry Ed Sheeran's not happy,
01:45but if I'd have known, I would have gladly not used him. Yeah, exactly. It's as simple as that.
01:52You know, in the last seven months, I saw I co-signed the cheques and I've written out
02:00cheques for just close to three million pounds that's gone out to support schools projects,
02:06to support medical projects, to with Mary's Meals, with the UNHCR, with Oxfam, with CAFOD,
02:12you name it. The charities don't have a problem whatsoever coming to us to ask for grants
02:20every single day of the week. So they don't have a problem. I don't know what Ed Sheeran's problem
02:27is, nor this other chap who I've never actually heard of personally. But anyway, I don't know
02:32what his problem is. But nevertheless, there is famine raging. And this is partly because of the
02:39climate change issues, because there's been there's either no rain whatsoever, and it's
02:45baking dry, or there's so much rain that the earth can't soak it up. And that's what's going on. And
02:53we need to be mindful of that. And if we can help, we'll help. And if they don't like it,
02:59we're very happy to look elsewhere.
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