Diego Napier
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- Mar 27, 2010
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Of course it was, how silly of me.
Don't worry, it's become expected of you.
Of course it was, how silly of me.
Is he a racist.....or truthfully saying that the aid we send abroad is being misused...remember when the self righteous were in an uproar over Enoch Powell...but now a lot of people are saying he was right.Must admit my favourite word to describe racists is racist but that might just be me...
Don't worry, it's become expected of you.
His observation is correct . The reaction to his statement hilarious ...love seeing liberals squirm
Technically it has never existed.
The point about foreign aid is valid though, don't we give foreign aid to China at the same time as oweing them billions in debt? I've got no problem with helping poorer countries, but we really should be giving it to the right ones.
Why would a member of UKIP showing how little intelligence he has make liberals squirm?
The foreign aid argument isn't clear cut, and it's not a case of the left being for one thing and the right against. It's about a number or moral, financial and political ideas competing against each other. It's been discussed by the whole of the press and political spectrum for the last few years. It's not that point that is causing the fuss.
It's the fact that he all he brought to the conversation was a casual racist slur and a few stupid and crass generalisations/lies about what aid is spent on.
His style of presentation was indeed crass....however for you to casually dismiss the key point he was making about who spends what on what, is in itself crass and ill-informed. It has has been the subject of many public and political debate over the years, the examples like Parisian apartments and Ray Ban sunglasses are not new revelations that this clumsy Ukip individual has suddenly stumbled upon.
What? I didn't casually dismiss his point, I said he had a point but my presenting it in such a way and using a few extreme(if they're true) examples he was bringing the whole argument down.
You then re-iterated pretty much exactly what I said back at me in arsy manner
Yes, but ...No, but we do give it to India, despite also giving them a large chunk of our IT and call centre work!!
INDIA
Many have claimed India does not need the cash as it has its own space programme and spends a reported £70 billion a year tackling poverty.
The £280m from the UK is also a tiny amount relative to the country's spending.
The amount is less than 0.03% of India's national income, and less than 2% of what its government spends on rural employment and food subsidy programmes.
Reports claim that India's economy is growing at a rate of eight per cent a year.
Andrew Mitchell, then UK Secretary for International Development, said last year that India is "roaring out of poverty", and is now the 11th biggest economy in the world.
UK aid 2010/11: £274m
UK aid in 2014/15: £280m
& change: +2.19%
Total aid 2010-2015: £1.12bn
" a few stupid and crass generalisations/lies about what aid is spent on."
.....and who was being arsy? you have a bit of paranoia there,....its a debate sir.
....is a stupid and crass generalisation .....
His observation is correct . The reaction to his statement hilarious ...love seeing liberals squirm