Taking up the white man's burden (Bono has much to answer for)

What has Africa ever done to deserve this dire threat?

Mr Burton added: "He has a great love of Africa and trying to improve Africa. I wonder whether he would get involved in that."

Bit like a gap year, then. He could dig some wells for the natives, and tell us all about their simple, but happy and - you know - less materialistic lives when he gets back.