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By the end of 2006 an executive team with a number of working groups were meeting regularly in addition to the UK Board of
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campaign was in full flow in the UK at this time. With
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leaders to keep their promises to the poor. The Blow the
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including representatives of some of the world's poorest nations. The worshippers then joined The World Can’t Wait rally where people with placards lined both sides of the banks of the Thames as whistles were blown, car horns were honked and alarms went off to make a deafening signal to the
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promises were then delivered to local MPs who were asked to make a promise themselves. Over 11,000 promises were made, and 35 MPs were presented with handprints. Half of these MPs were inspired to make a promise of their own. A number of people said that making their
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government that the world can't wait to end poverty. As a result of the campaign almost 25,000 Blow the
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