Bell X1 join Oxfam's anti-arms trade campaign

Also getting political are CMU favourites Bell X1, who are supporting Oxfam's Control Arms Campaign. Having donated a song to the charity's Generation Why? website, the band's Paul Noonan has criticised the world's arms trade, saying: "Governments spend huge portions of their budget on arms, from the American super-power to the poorest third world countries. Many arms manufacturers were once at least partly state-owned, and retain cosy ties with governments that pay them huge amounts of money for their arms, and also facilitate the export of arms. Western governments must be called to task for granting arms export licenses in cases where doing so fuels tyranny and oppression, such as in Israel and Indonesia".