Cameron in Rwanda

Recently a lot of flak has been given about David Cameron's trip to Rwanda and as a Labour Party member it would be easy for me more than others to pick holes for the sake of cheap political scoring (and to be fair I am sure it would be the same the Conservatives if it was a Labour leader in opposition doing this).
But this was something that had been planned for weeks beforehand, before the floods, and the Conservative leader did try and keep in touch with events. I agree that he should have shown more commitment to the plight of some of his constituents, but at the same time he was highlighting the need for the West not to turn it's back on the poorer nations of Africa, even when it is out of the limelight.
This can be seen as a challenge to all Conservatives to give more support to the various aid charities and the work that the government is doing to try and tackle debt relief and has been the aim of the aforementioned organisations for some years now. It is hard work, so some form of moral and active support from the opposition is to be welcomed and one hopes that grassroots Conservatives follow the example of the leader!

Paul Burgin
(Jt CPF Co'Ordinator)