And the winning poem is..

"A bunch of very fine folk, thought trade rules a bit of a joke, they went to
mass lobby, not just as a hobby, and all their mps did provoke."

The proud winner of TJM's texting competition was Ben Hayhow of Oxford, a long-term and active campaigner in the Jubilee 2000 movement.

The text poem was part of a day of texting updates provided by CAFOD for the Trade Justice Movement. Over 1000 people signed up to receive updates; and its success is likely to see it being a key part of campaigning in the future.

Here are a few other entrants:

We're all going on a jolly lobby day, to make trade fairer 4 the 3rd world 2.
No more tariffs quotas and the cap, to make it equal 4 me and u and r mps 2

There was a young lady from ghana,who worked everyday as a farmer.we dumped tons, Of 'aid',and wiped out her trade,but stil claim we ne'r meant 2 harm her

Thre was a cffee grwer frm peru, 4 pnuts he sold th crop tht he grew, when sold In th uk, th tncs mde hay, let's cmpign 4 trade tht hlps more than a few!

"Level the playing fields" today we shout. :unfair trade laws out! Out! Out!

All the people cry, shout 4 justice shout 4 joy, equality rules!

There just is no justice in trade/when the poor are so miserably paid/they work every day/but it just doesn't pay/cos the fat cats have got it all made.

To parliament ten thousand went,to tell our tony trade laws r bent! Put peple first! Put profits last! Unfair trade breaks peoples backs!

There was a proposal called gats created by corporate rats it ignores the poors' plight and it just isnt right so we support fair trade not fat cats!

Thanks to all who entered!

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