tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post7545402582723190576..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Rant of the dayCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-42933672457792178762017-06-04T23:19:08.146+01:002017-06-04T23:19:08.146+01:00There's a valid reason for certain foreign aid...There's a valid reason for certain foreign aid. What is idiotic is the insistence on a fixed percentage of GDP. That is pure virtue-signaling, and guarantees the spending will not be reformed. David Preiser (USA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00055001852090086556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-5704071967884054762017-06-04T21:44:42.780+01:002017-06-04T21:44:42.780+01:00Craig, The money we throw away through our Foreign...Craig, The money we throw away through our Foreign Aid budget is obscene. It is sheer criminality on the parts of all present and previous governments. And Cameron even wanted to increase it. He was humiliated by the Indian government when they said they didn't need it. I guess they had enough cash for their Space program... never mind the millions of Indians living in poverty.<br /><br />When you think of the Nurses frozen pay packets, the cuts in Schools and Hospitals and now the news that many Police Stations are closing down, it's hardly surprising that this is one of my main gripes with politicians.<br />Why do we feel that by rising in the International popular stakes we have to try to compete with other countries foreign aid targets, and quite often beating them by offering to send more.<br />Sadly I have to agree with UKIP's policy of cutting right back. Canada once did it temporarily until they got their books straight. Why cant we.<br />Glad to see that it was also brought up in the BBC May/Corbyn Question Time where Teresa May was asked to justify why we send money to North Korea. And shock of all shock Mrs May wasn't even aware of the details of money sent to that rogue nation.<br /><br />John - London.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com