Wrong note

By The Newsroom
Published 1st Feb 2010, 21:10 BST
Updated 1st Feb 2010, 21:18 BST
CONGRATULATIONS to the beautiful and talented Beyonce for winning an amazing six Grammy Awards at the weekend. What a shame she accepted $2 million to perform for Hannibal, the abusive wife-beating son of the Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi at their New Year's Eve party last month.

For an amazing woman who sings about female empowerment, she was a little off message.

She may also have stopped to wonder how the son of the dictator managed to afford such a luxurious bash – and maybe the Socialist People's Libyan jamahiriya could use their oil revenue building schools and hospitals, rather than entertaining the heirs to Gaddafi's throne.

LUCINDA LAVELLE

Secretary, The British Libyan Solidarity Campaign