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OT Foreign aid to be cut.
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This should have happened many years ago.
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Considering their attitude to us it is stupid giving Argentine aid! So there is a saving that should be made immediately.
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No we will now get even more of those charity ads. Brian
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10 years ago
In article , harryagain writes
TOT and unwelcome, save it for the other saddos in the politics groups.
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10 years ago
Did nobody actually bother to read the article...?
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Yes, but given the OP's track record I didn't think it worth commenting on the fact that it did not report what he thought it did.
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I can see you didn't.
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OK, prove me wrong. Quote me the bit which says this country's expenditure on Foreign Aid will be cut.
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10 years ago
Don't hold your breath.
Colin Bignell
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Don't worry, I have no plans to...
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I think Harry means this bit:- "David Cameron has insisted the UK will honour its commitment to spend
0.7% of its national income on foreign aid despite cuts in other budgets."However, direct aid to India is to be cut, and replaced by "technical assistance". Probably subsidies on equipment to set up more call centres in Bangalore or wherever.....
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I don't think Harry does. I, otoh, might well do.
I suspect that's the bit Harry read and (quelle surprise) completely misunderstood.
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Which is actually an increase in foreign aid over the 0.56% of national income in 2012. It makes us one of only six countries giving 0.7% or more of national income in foreign aid.
That is the normal progression of foreign aid, the purpose of which has long been to make the recipients self-sufficient enough to not need the aid. It also has the secondary effect of making them into new markets for our goods and services.
Aid is increasingly taking the form of investment in industries where the period of return is too long term for conventional investors. Improving the living conditions in third world countries has also been shown to reduce the threat of terrorism - a rather better way to wage war on terror than the American model.
Colin Bignell
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or to send a probe/rover to the moon, which seems a littel odd if we (UK) havent; the money for space exploration but we can ahand over money to india who can afford it.
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"Honour the commitment to spend" is, of course, subtle different from "spend"...
Good for us.
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Oh, yes - and it's not _our_ target. It's a UN millenium development goal which was promised by every "rich" UN member state...
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No, the purpose of foreign aid is to give the country some money with which the buy British products, usually weapons.
You think I'm being cynical - you think wrong
tim
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Not at all, but we have been moving away from that model for a while.
Colin Bignell
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We send aid to Nigeria which has a space program.