Government cutting jobs and saying every penny counts yet...

[Wood Green Mackem]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10246418.stm

The UK government is expected to say it has approved £19m of aid money to be given to the UN operation in Gaza.

can someone tell me how this works ? i dont understand it

[youmademerealise]

Originally Posted by Wood Green Mackem

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10246418.stm

The UK government is expected to say it has approved £19m of aid money to be given to the UN operation in Gaza.

can someone tell me how this works ? i dont understand it

They always said the overseas aid budget was ringfenced to be fair

It's probably come from a starving Afghan

[Wood Green Mackem]

Originally Posted by youmademerealise

They always said the overseas aid budget was ringfenced to be fair

It's probably come from a starving Afghan

why is it ringfenced

makes you wonder how much debt we are in ? is it serious or not

[bongo]

Originally Posted by Wood Green Mackem

why is it ringfenced

makes you wonder how much debt we are in ? is it serious or not

Saves the fuckers making their way over here and claiming asylum and benefits,it works out cheaper in the long run.
And we owe around £1.34 trillion with a yearly budget deficit (40% spent on benefits) of around £160 billion.

Its pure politics. All part of the tory brand-detoxification.

If they stop foreign aid then it gives Labour ammunition to say "see: same old horrible nasty tories"

Plus, its a drop in the ocean so don't sweat it.

[Wood Green Mackem]

Originally Posted by CanaryWharfMackem

Plus, its a drop in the ocean so don't sweat it.

but yet the govmnt are lauding savings of much, much less

[not spavin]

Originally Posted by CanaryWharfMackem

Its pure politics. All part of the tory brand-detoxification.

If they stop foreign aid then it gives Labour ammunition to say "see: same old horrible nasty tories"

Plus, its a drop in the ocean so don't sweat it.

It was a drop in the ocean that put Gaza back in the news tbf.

Originally Posted by not spavin

it was a drop in the ocean that put gaza back in the news tbf.

:-p

EDIT: No razz smiley?

[murrayout]

Why not call in our third world debts????

[lordy]

Originally Posted by Wood Green Mackem

but yet the govmnt are lauding savings of much, much less

I think there are international agreements on this kind of thing to be fair