as a lot of trash talk and bollocks was spouted around the time of the race for christmas number one between rage against the machine and x factor, there was one element that i thought didn't get enough attention. while simon cowell insisted joe should get to number one as it would fulfil the boy's dream, rage promised that all the money spent on their single would go straight to charity, specifically the uk's homeless charity shelter. whichever side you took, you must be a particularly fucked up individual to prefer to give money to simon cowell's ever inflating wallet compared to a worthy and important charitable cause. midway through rage's set at their victory gig they invited out two people who "had a good idea" - jon and tracy morter who started the facebook campaign intent on stopping x-factor from their annual christmas number one. after a couple of speeches from zack and tom they then handed the morters a cheque for over £100k which had been raised as a result of their initiative. it felt genuinely inspiring to see the positive effects and massive results that can be achieved by the smallest and simplest ideas.

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as a lot of trash talk and bollocks was spouted around the time of the race for christmas number one between rage against the machine and x factor, there was one element that i thought didn't get enough attention. while simon cowell insisted joe should get to number one as it would fulfil the boy's dream, rage promised that all the money spent on their single would go straight to charity, specifically the uk's homeless charity shelter. whichever side you took, you must be a particularly fucked up individual to prefer to give money to simon cowell's ever inflating wallet compared to a worthy and important charitable cause. midway through rage's set at their victory gig they invited out two people who "had a good idea" - jon and tracy morter who started the facebook campaign intent on stopping x-factor from their annual christmas number one. after a couple of speeches from zack and tom they then handed the morters a cheque for over £100k which had been raised as a result of their initiative. it felt genuinely inspiring to see the positive effects and massive results that can be achieved by the smallest and simplest ideas.

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