G20 and global justice?

35,000 people marched through London yesterday ahead of this week's London summit of the G20 demanding action on poverty, climate change and jobs and calling for a new kind of global justice. This and other protests in Germany, France and Italy have highlighted many of the interconnections of social, environmental and economic concerns. Though seeing the summit primarily as 'make or break' for the world's economy is evident in other news coverage. The G-20 is

"made up of the finance ministers and central bank governors of 19 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, and also the European Union who is represented by the rotating Council presidency and the European Central Bank."

Early spring flowers

A beautiful morning for snowdrops, hellebores and crocuses at Coton Manor today.