Bob Geldof has said that he'll rearrange plans to go to an international poverty meeting in order to make his previously cancelled appearance in Margate to switch on the town's Christmas lights, an appointment booked after it was reported that he'd labelled the Kent resort "ugly".
Anyway, he'll be travelling straight on to Qatar following the engagement, with the switching on event being brought forward to accommodate this. Councillor Brian Sullivan, the town mayor, said: "He didn't want to disappoint the people of Margate. He comes to Margate in the afternoon and we're given to understand he goes straight from here to Heathrow where he goes to attend a conference."
Not sure I'd want Geldof to switch on my lights. His face doesn't exactly shout "Christmas".