comment by H von H. (U16981)
posted 21 minutes ago
can anyone please explain to me why this emoji is hurting people's feelings ? I quite like it !
also,I've only just found out who Lyndon is, and I'd never heard of him before !..... there you go ,sorry Lyndon If you're feelings are also hurt , but thats life, as they say .
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Lots of Keir Starmer type wusses on here unfortunately. Starmer would be shocked by the use of that smiley.
comment by ifarka, (U8182)
posted 1 hour, 50 minutes ago
didnt you get the message
Jog on
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This nice guy image you tried to present didn't last long.
comment by H von H. (U16981)
posted 30 minutes ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - I call everything I don’t like woke (U6374)
posted 5 minutes ago
It means cvnt
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Is that only you saying that Robbing? or is it really, really true at your school !
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Are you serious? There’s a of the year award every year.
Not really, im just bored repeating myself
oh for sure Crouch is going to be in the running.
He's behaving like a little dictator
comment by Dr Mamba Luther King - You Hit Us We Hit You (U1282)
posted 1 hour, 59 minutes ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - I call everything I don’t like woke (U6374)
posted 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
Shut up Mamba
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Fack off Turpin.
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Wow.. Dr Chompa is wound up!
Won't you please please help me,
a great song from the guys, but it does seem to say a lot about the scousers !
Good morning,
On reflection of yesterday looking at the tone of the comments in the public space from the appointed moderator of the New world order thread it is a very poor example of a group of people that are happy to maintain a polarised society, adopting a cancel culture ethos, whilst harping on about free speech & an open inclusive society.
Totally hypocritical.
The thread has a section of individuals who are happy to bully and harass anyone who they perceive doesn't conform to their group think.
This form of discourse imo is part of what is going wrong in this country currently.
I would suggest the individual responsible for moderating this thread should consider their behaviour regarding their handling of this responsibility.
For the problems of the UK to be solved and the quality of the lives of our population to improve freedom of speech, tolerance & equity for all is essential.
Something that certain cohorts contributing to this thread are sadly lacking.
Fortunately this thread is in the public domain and there for all to witness as it rambles in its own echo chamber.
Personally I am disappointed with the responses, & group attacks I experienced, as i simply wished to join in with what I naively thought was a mature & honest debating platform/ thread which it obviously is not.
If you are of the mind that my suggestion is not fair, please just look at the comments and dialogue relating to this spat over the last couple of days on the New world order thread & on one Admin 1.
You need not take my word, it is as I have said in the public domain.
In all fairness through the dialogue over the last couple of days & despite the harassment there were a few posters who were more than happy to participate in mature constructive debate, despite our opposing views.
Equality, equity & inclusion imo should be practices be those who shout about it the loudest.
Equality, equity & inclusion imo should be practices be those who shout about it the loudest.* espouse
comment by ifarka, (U8182)
posted 2 minutes ago
Equality, equity & inclusion imo should be practices be those who shout about it the loudest.* espouse
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Dream on ifarka !
Yes, well in this instance H, there clearly is a huge amount of hypocrisy going on with a minority unfortunately.
Very disappointing imo.
Question ?
What should be the priorities of our government be?
The UK government continues to
1; Adopt a global commitment to all humanitarian causes whilst overseeing significant Issues of a failing institutions & services in every area of UK life. That are resulting wide spread poverty, poor health outcomes & an inability to provide adequate housing & much needed social care.Not to mention the effects of the cost of living crisis that most people have to struggle with on a daily basis.
Or look at our priorities & decide that first we must provide fit for purpose Human rights for the UK population as a whole & importantly its tax payer?
& then after continue to be the generous caring nation we are with what we can afford
comment by ifarka, (U8182)
posted 22 minutes ago
Question ?
What should be the priorities of our government be?
The UK government continues to
1; Adopt a global commitment to all humanitarian causes whilst overseeing significant Issues of a failing institutions & services in every area of UK life. That are resulting wide spread poverty, poor health outcomes & an inability to provide adequate housing & much needed social care.Not to mention the effects of the cost of living crisis that most people have to struggle with on a daily basis.
Or look at our priorities & decide that first we must provide fit for purpose Human rights for the UK population as a whole & importantly its tax payer?
& then after continue to be the generous caring nation we are with what we can afford
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The UK spends 0.5% of GNI on foreign aid. That amounts to a measly £74 per UK resident. It spends 99.5% on the UK (directly; although, of course, some foreign aid spending indirectly benefits the UK).
Under the majority of the Tories’ 14 years in power, the UK spent 40% more (0.7% of GNI) on foreign aid.
This “left wing” ideological government is spending less on foreign aid than the Tories did.
And now Starmer has said that the 0.5% GNI is to be reduced to 0.3% GNI from 2027.
What would you do with the additional £74 per person currently being used, amongst other things, to help provide in-place food and shelter for refugees (helping curb migration) and provide vaccinations and healthcare which not only saves lives, but helps control the spread and mutation of deadly and emerging diseases?
What would you instead do with it?
Another day of navel gazing on ja606, fuxsake move on
comment by Hector (U3606)
posted 10 seconds ago
Another day of navel gazing on ja606, fuxsake move on
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Yup Hec can make good points articulated well but constantly repeating them is nippy and drags down any proper debate, we dont agree? move on
RR, Good Morning
The UK spends 0.5% of GNI on foreign aid. That amounts to a measly £74 per UK resident. It spends 99.5% on the UK (directly; although, of course, some foreign aid spending indirectly benefits the UK).
Under the majority of the Tories’ 14 years in power, the UK spent 40% more (0.7% of GNI) on foreign aid.
This “left wing” ideological government is spending less on foreign aid than the Tories did.
And now Starmer has said that the 0.5% GNI is to be reduced to 0.3% GNI from 2027.
What would you do with the additional £74 per person currently being used, amongst other things, to help provide in-place food and shelter for refugees (helping curb migration) and provide vaccinations and healthcare which not only saves lives, but helps control the spread and mutation of deadly and emerging diseases?
What would you instead do with it?
Firstly i would like to say once again being forced to reduce the foreign aid budget is a great shame, as it erodes our soft power influence, not to say the knock on effect it has to the worthwhile causes it actually reaches.
But also i think it is important to look at where & how that budget is spent and consider in certain instances if giving money to wealthy up & coming countries such as China & India is really what we should be doing considering the issues that affect impoverished families in the UK. Every penny counts imo no matter how small.
More importantly I feel that our government should look at our overall spending in each and every aspect of why & how the tax payers money is spent, adjust its priorities putting focus on first rebuilding the UK infrastructure, repairing our broken dysfunctional institutions & services a noble cause which benefit each & every UK citizen.
More that unites us than divides us Piff.
Then there are the extremists, contrarians and basic narcissists that think the world revolves around them, not so many of the former but the later 2...
Insufferable,
Thank you for your recent insight into the state of the housing list crisis in your area , which is of course is a microcosm of the whole UK picture.
As i recollect you did explain the following
Your area housing stock has 22000 people & increasing on its waiting list, your area does in fact have a 1000/1200 per year vacant possession coming back.
Meaning that if you are the family that is 22000th on the list you will have a wait of something like 20 years.
How do you cope with this?
comment by ifarka, (U8182)
posted 8 minutes ago
RR, Good Morning
The UK spends 0.5% of GNI on foreign aid. That amounts to a measly £74 per UK resident. It spends 99.5% on the UK (directly; although, of course, some foreign aid spending indirectly benefits the UK).
Under the majority of the Tories’ 14 years in power, the UK spent 40% more (0.7% of GNI) on foreign aid.
This “left wing” ideological government is spending less on foreign aid than the Tories did.
And now Starmer has said that the 0.5% GNI is to be reduced to 0.3% GNI from 2027.
What would you do with the additional £74 per person currently being used, amongst other things, to help provide in-place food and shelter for refugees (helping curb migration) and provide vaccinations and healthcare which not only saves lives, but helps control the spread and mutation of deadly and emerging diseases?
What would you instead do with it?
Firstly i would like to say once again being forced to reduce the foreign aid budget is a great shame, as it erodes our soft power influence, not to say the knock on effect it has to the worthwhile causes it actually reaches.
But also i think it is important to look at where & how that budget is spent and consider in certain instances if giving money to wealthy up & coming countries such as China & India is really what we should be doing considering the issues that affect impoverished families in the UK. Every penny counts imo no matter how small.
More importantly I feel that our government should look at our overall spending in each and every aspect of why & how the tax payers money is spent, adjust its priorities putting focus on first rebuilding the UK infrastructure, repairing our broken dysfunctional institutions & services a noble cause which benefit each & every UK citizen.
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That’s gr8 m8… what would you do with it was the actual question.
Taking money from Foreign Aid is just a populist move as it’s low on most people’s priorities.
Taxing the energy companies more would have been better all round
Good morning Hector,
Do you have any meaningful views to offer on the question posed by any chance?
comment by Hector (U3606)
posted 14 minutes ago
More that unites us than divides us Piff.
Then there are the extremists, contrarians and basic narcissists that think the world revolves around them, not so many of the former but the later 2...
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100% mate
Robin, good morning
That’s gr8 m8… what would you do with it was the actual question.
I would actually try to maintain just causes, but strip any payments which are not essential, such as payments to up & coming countries/ economies such as China & India or for any causes which are not essential.
Firstly i would like to say once again being forced to reduce the foreign aid budget is a great shame, as it erodes our soft power influence, not to say the knock on effect it has to the worthwhile causes it actually reaches.
But also i think it is important to look at where & how that budget is spent and consider in certain instances if giving money to wealthy up & coming countries such as China & India is really what we should be doing considering the issues that affect impoverished families in the UK. Every penny counts imo no matter how small.
More importantly I feel that our government should look at our overall spending in each and every aspect of why & how the tax payers money is spent, adjust its priorities putting focus on first rebuilding the UK infrastructure, repairing our broken dysfunctional institutions & services a noble cause which benefit each & every UK citizen.
Such as payments to up & coming countries/ economies such as China & India or for any causes which are not essential.
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Scottish salmon accounts for around 10 percent of the Chinese Salmon market which totals £900m. Uk Aid to China £70m or whatever. Not to mention the only reason or universities aren't totally bankrupt is Chinese students.
We could scrap our aid to China and enjoy near zero percent of the salmon market.
comment by ifarka, (U8182)
posted 10 minutes ago
RR, Good Morning
The UK spends 0.5% of GNI on foreign aid. That amounts to a measly £74 per UK resident. It spends 99.5% on the UK (directly; although, of course, some foreign aid spending indirectly benefits the UK).
Under the majority of the Tories’ 14 years in power, the UK spent 40% more (0.7% of GNI) on foreign aid.
This “left wing” ideological government is spending less on foreign aid than the Tories did.
And now Starmer has said that the 0.5% GNI is to be reduced to 0.3% GNI from 2027.
What would you do with the additional £74 per person currently being used, amongst other things, to help provide in-place food and shelter for refugees (helping curb migration) and provide vaccinations and healthcare which not only saves lives, but helps control the spread and mutation of deadly and emerging diseases?
What would you instead do with it?
Firstly i would like to say once again being forced to reduce the foreign aid budget is a great shame, as it erodes our soft power influence, not to say the knock on effect it has to the worthwhile causes it actually reaches.
But also i think it is important to look at where & how that budget is spent and consider in certain instances if giving money to wealthy up & coming countries such as China & India is really what we should be doing considering the issues that affect impoverished families in the UK. Every penny counts imo no matter how small.
More importantly I feel that our government should look at our overall spending in each and every aspect of why & how the tax payers money is spent, adjust its priorities putting focus on first rebuilding the UK infrastructure, repairing our broken dysfunctional institutions & services a noble cause which benefit each & every UK citizen.
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The top ten recipients of bilateral UK international development aid are currently:
- Afghanistan
- Ukraine
- Nigeria
- Somalia
- Ethiopia
- Yemen
- South Sudan
- Syria
- Pakistan
- Bangladesh
Between them, they count for around half of all bilateral aid. Would you like to see aid to any of these countries cut?
Around 15% of all bilateral aid is currently spent on countries which aren’t classified as Least Developed Countries (LDC), Other Low-Income Countries (Other LIC), or Lower Middle Income Countries (LMIC). (Around half goes to LDCs - the likes of Ethiopia and South Sudan.)
That 15% of part of 0.5%, some of which is spent in countries like China, represents a fraction of £10 per UK resident, per annum. You’ve mentioned soft power in previous posts, and that’s what your fraction of £10 is buying: it’s invested in things like teaching English, recruiting top students, and joint science programmes, as well as on mutually beneficial health programmes.
Worth a few quid a year, you reckon?
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posted on 26/2/25
comment by H von H. (U16981)
posted 21 minutes ago
can anyone please explain to me why this emoji is hurting people's feelings ? I quite like it !
also,I've only just found out who Lyndon is, and I'd never heard of him before !..... there you go ,sorry Lyndon If you're feelings are also hurt , but thats life, as they say .
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Lots of Keir Starmer type wusses on here unfortunately. Starmer would be shocked by the use of that smiley.
posted on 26/2/25
comment by ifarka, (U8182)
posted 1 hour, 50 minutes ago
didnt you get the message
Jog on
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This nice guy image you tried to present didn't last long.
posted on 26/2/25
comment by H von H. (U16981)
posted 30 minutes ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - I call everything I don’t like woke (U6374)
posted 5 minutes ago
It means cvnt
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Is that only you saying that Robbing? or is it really, really true at your school !
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Are you serious? There’s a of the year award every year.
posted on 26/2/25
Not really, im just bored repeating myself
posted on 26/2/25
oh for sure Crouch is going to be in the running.
He's behaving like a little dictator
posted on 26/2/25
comment by Dr Mamba Luther King - You Hit Us We Hit You (U1282)
posted 1 hour, 59 minutes ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - I call everything I don’t like woke (U6374)
posted 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
Shut up Mamba
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Fack off Turpin.
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Wow.. Dr Chompa is wound up!
posted on 27/2/25
Won't you please please help me,
a great song from the guys, but it does seem to say a lot about the scousers !
posted on 27/2/25
Good morning,
On reflection of yesterday looking at the tone of the comments in the public space from the appointed moderator of the New world order thread it is a very poor example of a group of people that are happy to maintain a polarised society, adopting a cancel culture ethos, whilst harping on about free speech & an open inclusive society.
Totally hypocritical.
The thread has a section of individuals who are happy to bully and harass anyone who they perceive doesn't conform to their group think.
This form of discourse imo is part of what is going wrong in this country currently.
I would suggest the individual responsible for moderating this thread should consider their behaviour regarding their handling of this responsibility.
For the problems of the UK to be solved and the quality of the lives of our population to improve freedom of speech, tolerance & equity for all is essential.
Something that certain cohorts contributing to this thread are sadly lacking.
Fortunately this thread is in the public domain and there for all to witness as it rambles in its own echo chamber.
Personally I am disappointed with the responses, & group attacks I experienced, as i simply wished to join in with what I naively thought was a mature & honest debating platform/ thread which it obviously is not.
If you are of the mind that my suggestion is not fair, please just look at the comments and dialogue relating to this spat over the last couple of days on the New world order thread & on one Admin 1.
You need not take my word, it is as I have said in the public domain.
In all fairness through the dialogue over the last couple of days & despite the harassment there were a few posters who were more than happy to participate in mature constructive debate, despite our opposing views.
Equality, equity & inclusion imo should be practices be those who shout about it the loudest.
posted on 27/2/25
Equality, equity & inclusion imo should be practices be those who shout about it the loudest.* espouse
posted on 27/2/25
comment by ifarka, (U8182)
posted 2 minutes ago
Equality, equity & inclusion imo should be practices be those who shout about it the loudest.* espouse
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Dream on ifarka !
posted on 27/2/25
Yes, well in this instance H, there clearly is a huge amount of hypocrisy going on with a minority unfortunately.
Very disappointing imo.
posted on 27/2/25
Question ?
What should be the priorities of our government be?
The UK government continues to
1; Adopt a global commitment to all humanitarian causes whilst overseeing significant Issues of a failing institutions & services in every area of UK life. That are resulting wide spread poverty, poor health outcomes & an inability to provide adequate housing & much needed social care.Not to mention the effects of the cost of living crisis that most people have to struggle with on a daily basis.
Or look at our priorities & decide that first we must provide fit for purpose Human rights for the UK population as a whole & importantly its tax payer?
& then after continue to be the generous caring nation we are with what we can afford
posted on 27/2/25
comment by ifarka, (U8182)
posted 22 minutes ago
Question ?
What should be the priorities of our government be?
The UK government continues to
1; Adopt a global commitment to all humanitarian causes whilst overseeing significant Issues of a failing institutions & services in every area of UK life. That are resulting wide spread poverty, poor health outcomes & an inability to provide adequate housing & much needed social care.Not to mention the effects of the cost of living crisis that most people have to struggle with on a daily basis.
Or look at our priorities & decide that first we must provide fit for purpose Human rights for the UK population as a whole & importantly its tax payer?
& then after continue to be the generous caring nation we are with what we can afford
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The UK spends 0.5% of GNI on foreign aid. That amounts to a measly £74 per UK resident. It spends 99.5% on the UK (directly; although, of course, some foreign aid spending indirectly benefits the UK).
Under the majority of the Tories’ 14 years in power, the UK spent 40% more (0.7% of GNI) on foreign aid.
This “left wing” ideological government is spending less on foreign aid than the Tories did.
And now Starmer has said that the 0.5% GNI is to be reduced to 0.3% GNI from 2027.
What would you do with the additional £74 per person currently being used, amongst other things, to help provide in-place food and shelter for refugees (helping curb migration) and provide vaccinations and healthcare which not only saves lives, but helps control the spread and mutation of deadly and emerging diseases?
What would you instead do with it?
posted on 27/2/25
Another day of navel gazing on ja606, fuxsake move on
posted on 27/2/25
comment by Hector (U3606)
posted 10 seconds ago
Another day of navel gazing on ja606, fuxsake move on
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Yup Hec can make good points articulated well but constantly repeating them is nippy and drags down any proper debate, we dont agree? move on
posted on 27/2/25
RR, Good Morning
The UK spends 0.5% of GNI on foreign aid. That amounts to a measly £74 per UK resident. It spends 99.5% on the UK (directly; although, of course, some foreign aid spending indirectly benefits the UK).
Under the majority of the Tories’ 14 years in power, the UK spent 40% more (0.7% of GNI) on foreign aid.
This “left wing” ideological government is spending less on foreign aid than the Tories did.
And now Starmer has said that the 0.5% GNI is to be reduced to 0.3% GNI from 2027.
What would you do with the additional £74 per person currently being used, amongst other things, to help provide in-place food and shelter for refugees (helping curb migration) and provide vaccinations and healthcare which not only saves lives, but helps control the spread and mutation of deadly and emerging diseases?
What would you instead do with it?
Firstly i would like to say once again being forced to reduce the foreign aid budget is a great shame, as it erodes our soft power influence, not to say the knock on effect it has to the worthwhile causes it actually reaches.
But also i think it is important to look at where & how that budget is spent and consider in certain instances if giving money to wealthy up & coming countries such as China & India is really what we should be doing considering the issues that affect impoverished families in the UK. Every penny counts imo no matter how small.
More importantly I feel that our government should look at our overall spending in each and every aspect of why & how the tax payers money is spent, adjust its priorities putting focus on first rebuilding the UK infrastructure, repairing our broken dysfunctional institutions & services a noble cause which benefit each & every UK citizen.
posted on 27/2/25
More that unites us than divides us Piff.
Then there are the extremists, contrarians and basic narcissists that think the world revolves around them, not so many of the former but the later 2...
posted on 27/2/25
Insufferable,
Thank you for your recent insight into the state of the housing list crisis in your area , which is of course is a microcosm of the whole UK picture.
As i recollect you did explain the following
Your area housing stock has 22000 people & increasing on its waiting list, your area does in fact have a 1000/1200 per year vacant possession coming back.
Meaning that if you are the family that is 22000th on the list you will have a wait of something like 20 years.
How do you cope with this?
posted on 27/2/25
comment by ifarka, (U8182)
posted 8 minutes ago
RR, Good Morning
The UK spends 0.5% of GNI on foreign aid. That amounts to a measly £74 per UK resident. It spends 99.5% on the UK (directly; although, of course, some foreign aid spending indirectly benefits the UK).
Under the majority of the Tories’ 14 years in power, the UK spent 40% more (0.7% of GNI) on foreign aid.
This “left wing” ideological government is spending less on foreign aid than the Tories did.
And now Starmer has said that the 0.5% GNI is to be reduced to 0.3% GNI from 2027.
What would you do with the additional £74 per person currently being used, amongst other things, to help provide in-place food and shelter for refugees (helping curb migration) and provide vaccinations and healthcare which not only saves lives, but helps control the spread and mutation of deadly and emerging diseases?
What would you instead do with it?
Firstly i would like to say once again being forced to reduce the foreign aid budget is a great shame, as it erodes our soft power influence, not to say the knock on effect it has to the worthwhile causes it actually reaches.
But also i think it is important to look at where & how that budget is spent and consider in certain instances if giving money to wealthy up & coming countries such as China & India is really what we should be doing considering the issues that affect impoverished families in the UK. Every penny counts imo no matter how small.
More importantly I feel that our government should look at our overall spending in each and every aspect of why & how the tax payers money is spent, adjust its priorities putting focus on first rebuilding the UK infrastructure, repairing our broken dysfunctional institutions & services a noble cause which benefit each & every UK citizen.
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That’s gr8 m8… what would you do with it was the actual question.
posted on 27/2/25
Taking money from Foreign Aid is just a populist move as it’s low on most people’s priorities.
Taxing the energy companies more would have been better all round
posted on 27/2/25
Good morning Hector,
Do you have any meaningful views to offer on the question posed by any chance?
posted on 27/2/25
comment by Hector (U3606)
posted 14 minutes ago
More that unites us than divides us Piff.
Then there are the extremists, contrarians and basic narcissists that think the world revolves around them, not so many of the former but the later 2...
----------------------------------------------------------------------
100% mate
posted on 27/2/25
Robin, good morning
That’s gr8 m8… what would you do with it was the actual question.
I would actually try to maintain just causes, but strip any payments which are not essential, such as payments to up & coming countries/ economies such as China & India or for any causes which are not essential.
Firstly i would like to say once again being forced to reduce the foreign aid budget is a great shame, as it erodes our soft power influence, not to say the knock on effect it has to the worthwhile causes it actually reaches.
But also i think it is important to look at where & how that budget is spent and consider in certain instances if giving money to wealthy up & coming countries such as China & India is really what we should be doing considering the issues that affect impoverished families in the UK. Every penny counts imo no matter how small.
More importantly I feel that our government should look at our overall spending in each and every aspect of why & how the tax payers money is spent, adjust its priorities putting focus on first rebuilding the UK infrastructure, repairing our broken dysfunctional institutions & services a noble cause which benefit each & every UK citizen.
posted on 27/2/25
Such as payments to up & coming countries/ economies such as China & India or for any causes which are not essential.
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Scottish salmon accounts for around 10 percent of the Chinese Salmon market which totals £900m. Uk Aid to China £70m or whatever. Not to mention the only reason or universities aren't totally bankrupt is Chinese students.
We could scrap our aid to China and enjoy near zero percent of the salmon market.
posted on 27/2/25
comment by ifarka, (U8182)
posted 10 minutes ago
RR, Good Morning
The UK spends 0.5% of GNI on foreign aid. That amounts to a measly £74 per UK resident. It spends 99.5% on the UK (directly; although, of course, some foreign aid spending indirectly benefits the UK).
Under the majority of the Tories’ 14 years in power, the UK spent 40% more (0.7% of GNI) on foreign aid.
This “left wing” ideological government is spending less on foreign aid than the Tories did.
And now Starmer has said that the 0.5% GNI is to be reduced to 0.3% GNI from 2027.
What would you do with the additional £74 per person currently being used, amongst other things, to help provide in-place food and shelter for refugees (helping curb migration) and provide vaccinations and healthcare which not only saves lives, but helps control the spread and mutation of deadly and emerging diseases?
What would you instead do with it?
Firstly i would like to say once again being forced to reduce the foreign aid budget is a great shame, as it erodes our soft power influence, not to say the knock on effect it has to the worthwhile causes it actually reaches.
But also i think it is important to look at where & how that budget is spent and consider in certain instances if giving money to wealthy up & coming countries such as China & India is really what we should be doing considering the issues that affect impoverished families in the UK. Every penny counts imo no matter how small.
More importantly I feel that our government should look at our overall spending in each and every aspect of why & how the tax payers money is spent, adjust its priorities putting focus on first rebuilding the UK infrastructure, repairing our broken dysfunctional institutions & services a noble cause which benefit each & every UK citizen.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The top ten recipients of bilateral UK international development aid are currently:
- Afghanistan
- Ukraine
- Nigeria
- Somalia
- Ethiopia
- Yemen
- South Sudan
- Syria
- Pakistan
- Bangladesh
Between them, they count for around half of all bilateral aid. Would you like to see aid to any of these countries cut?
Around 15% of all bilateral aid is currently spent on countries which aren’t classified as Least Developed Countries (LDC), Other Low-Income Countries (Other LIC), or Lower Middle Income Countries (LMIC). (Around half goes to LDCs - the likes of Ethiopia and South Sudan.)
That 15% of part of 0.5%, some of which is spent in countries like China, represents a fraction of £10 per UK resident, per annum. You’ve mentioned soft power in previous posts, and that’s what your fraction of £10 is buying: it’s invested in things like teaching English, recruiting top students, and joint science programmes, as well as on mutually beneficial health programmes.
Worth a few quid a year, you reckon?
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