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Theresa May Giving Our Money Away Again To Africa

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gordiescotland1 | 11:33 Tue 28th Aug 2018 | News
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-45325701

I think this is ridiculous charity begins at home.
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//next time I will plump for Corbyn. At least I will know what I'll be getting.//

If you're plumping for Corbyn I doubt very much that you know what you'll be getting. No one in their right mind would plump for Corbyn.
This thread and many of the replies shows a complete lack of understanding of how economies work, how trade deals are won and that (whilst too much aid is wasted) a lot of so-called aid is an a political and economic investment. Besides, this comes out of the existing foreign aid budget- that money had to be used for aid as we have to give 0.7% of GDP by law so it's just spending this money in a more focused way than a lot of our other foreign aid spending.
Given that we have a foreign aid budget commitment of 0.7% of GDPwhere else would people want to spend it instead of Africa.
To put £4billion into context, our current exports run to well over £600 billion a year, so with Brexit in mind it's worth trying to gain new markets.
Visiting Uganda last year, I met the poorest people I have met in my life.
We are a wealthy nation, we can do it
For over 40 years I have maintained that Ted Heath was the worst Tory PM in living memory. I now reserve judgement.
Good idea but unfortunately the Chinese, French and Indians got there before us
If it's genuine investment then fair enough. Better we're investing in growing economies than others. But is it genuine good investment though ?
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