£4 billion to Pakistan

[Hair Flick]

Our foreign aid budget is x% of our GDP or something like that. I forget quite what the amount is but whatever it is its an indecent amount given our domestic issues. A lot of it gets privately trousered by leaders and officials.

x%. Bloody hell I didn’t realise it was that much. I thought it was only y% at most.

 

[pillars of hercules]

All a muddle to me.W e're told we're in debt and borrowing etc then told we're a rich country .I assume the aid is part or knocking about with the big players to settle our political conscience but it would be nice to know the aid is well used and fitting to the country receiving

I always think of it as getting an overdraft to give to charity and then not being able to feed your own kids.

x%. Bloody hell I didn’t realise it was that much. I thought it was only y% at most.

0.7%

 

[Steak Pie]

Imagine sourcing the Express man

And f***ing it up

Hold on. It was The Express, The Sun and Facebook.

Triple sourced.

 

[Some Random Guy]

Hold on. It was The Express, The Sun and Facebook.

Triple sourced.

 

[GK]

The actual number was 463 million to pakistan

UK spending on foreign aid

 

[vinegar hill]

The Islamic terrorists need the funding from somewhere.

 

[Weremuthe]

Whatever your political persuasion does anyone think it is right that we have given Blackburn, Lancashire £4 billion aid to repair pot-holes in their roads ?
After all, although there is huge poverty there , their the government has invested in nuclear weapons , nuclear power and has a space programme.
Also , does anyone know if the other major European countries donate such sums ?

Tidied!

 

[Hair Flick]

Tidied!

4000 holes, though rather small.

0.7%

That’s what my bot would have said had it correctly substituted values against the variables.

 

[steve30000]

£4 billion that’s about 15% of what we spend on our own transport infrastructure man.

Our biggest expenditure are pensions and benefits

Source?

Same. Where's the evidence?

 

[EchoMan]

I read the news today, oh boy
4 billion pounds for holes
in Lahore, Pakistan

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

Has anyone mentioned a space programme or nurses yet?

 

[JAZZMANB]

The Islamic terrorists need the funding from somewhere.

More about keeping the endless garment factories going we rely on so much

 

[ozz]

We have to be able to transport the clothes from the sweat shops to primark so we can get 3 pairs of kegs for a quid !

 

[RichD]

Has anyone mentioned a space programme or nurses yet?

Yes, you have...

 

[yamar1]

We don't send that much.

Foreign aid is just a bribe, the EU pull it back on trade deals.

Tidied.

 

[max wartbug]

The Islamic terrorists need the funding from somewhere.

Aye, they need smooth roads so the IED's don't go off in the back of the car on their way to the destination.

 

[Kid Galahad]

According to the commission of aid impact £235 million of our aid went on one road network alone in Pakistan. More went on trains and infrastructure.


Commission of aid impact.

f***ing radged that

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

Yes, you have...

Oh well played Richard. Just well played

 

[The Fitter]

I think it is more like 181 million....which would be better spent on our own people.

 

[SR5 1SU]

I can stomach giving aid to nations who are not prominent in space exploration and Pakistan's space agency sounds mediocre at best.