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Post by Mr_Sausage on Nov 5, 2013 12:15:55 GMT
Two hundred million fucking quid handed to India by this cretinous government in aid, yet the same country has just spunked 80 million away as their part of the cost of the rocket they have just sent to Mars. We might just as well have sent the fucking 200 million to Mars. The government say that this money is not used for the space program, that it is used in the poorest areas of India. So fucking what! If they can spunk 80 million quid away on a firework to boost their global image they don't need our fucking money. Like any other 'poor' country, they can access data collected by the wealthier countries space programs. What a complete and utter waste of money. This from the same government that has forced its own to food banks and shark loan companies. You simply couldn't make it up. I'm fucking livid  |
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Post by Nyron Nonceworthy on Nov 5, 2013 12:19:15 GMT
Curry bastards.
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Post by Mr_Sausage on Nov 5, 2013 12:22:03 GMT
When I first heard it I thought it was a joke. I looked at the calendar and April is a long way off .... I wish it didn't bother me but when people in my own family, and others, are really struggling only to be told it's for the good of the country (bollocks) it makes me realise just why some people snap and go out and shoot some fucker in government  |
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Post by RickyFullerBeer on Nov 5, 2013 12:55:42 GMT
You can bet your bottom dollar that if there is any sign of life they'll have a corner shop and a take-away up before it can introduce itself
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Post by Nyron Nonceworthy on Nov 5, 2013 13:12:22 GMT
On the subject of these blasted Asians, does anybody find the Phatak's adverts quite funny because when he says "Phatak's" it actually sounds like he's saying "buttocks"?
ROFL ROLF.
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Post by Mr_Sausage on Nov 5, 2013 14:35:24 GMT
You can bet your bottom dollar that if there is any sign of life they'll have a corner shop and a take-away up before it can introduce itself I think the rockets has 'Taxi' written on the side in big letters. Dead giveaway  |
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Post by Northy on Nov 5, 2013 15:16:50 GMT
Agreed, although cruel, we should have stopped giving aid and armed the poor to overturn the corrupt officials in that country, everybody is on the take from the top to the nearly bottom, the rung before the squalor estates.
They have many billionaires lots of millionaires and can send rockets into space, it's not like it's fegg hayes
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Post by Nam Rood on Nov 5, 2013 15:35:58 GMT
Its not about muh charity is it though.
200 million is fuck all when India imports £2.733 BILLION of UK goods. Leverage politically and economically is the name of the game.
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Post by Sonko's Head on Nov 5, 2013 16:01:25 GMT
Thing is, India have said on more than one occasion they don't want to take money away from us; yet our government ignore them.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2013 16:04:43 GMT
I just snorted juice through my nose you cunt. |
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Post by starkiller on Nov 5, 2013 16:32:25 GMT
A sweetner for our arms trade ...
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Post by Mr_Sausage on Nov 5, 2013 19:01:46 GMT
A sweetner for our arms trade ... Nail and head as usual mate |
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Post by starkiller on Nov 5, 2013 19:06:32 GMT
A sweetner for our arms trade ... Nail and head as usual mate And we all know this is what this is what "Royal Visits" around the world are for. "They bring in so much money for the country..." |
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Post by Mr_Sausage on Nov 5, 2013 19:10:01 GMT
Nail and head as usual mate And we all know this is what this is what "Royal Visits" around the world are for. "They bring in so much money for the country..." That's not to mention the jobs for the ex cabinet ministers on the boards of huge global companies abroad where they only attend one meeting a year in exchange for a huge salary  |
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Post by SuperRickyFuller on Nov 5, 2013 19:39:41 GMT
Thing is, India have said on more than one occasion they don't want to take money away from us; yet our government ignore them. Yet they still take the money they "claim" to not want. I can imagine the phonecall between Cameron and the Indian PM/President.. "Hey India (I have no idea what his/her name is so I'm dimly referring to them as their country like a fucking American oaf), it's David Cameron here" "Oh fucking hell.. ah sorry, hello David" "Listen, it's that time of the year again where we send you £200m in aid money" "We're alright cheers, we don't need it anymore, it isn't 1922 anymore" "But we always send you money" "Oh alright then, we'll take the extra £200m again, thanks" |
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Post by Campervan Von Bigglesworth on Nov 5, 2013 19:54:55 GMT
Is the rocket fuelled by plumpynut??
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Post by The Funkasaurus on Nov 6, 2013 0:11:41 GMT
Surely the argument shouldn't be about cutting foreign aid, it should be about redistributing the enormous profits & wealth that we (as in big companies etc) make in this country more fairly?
I don't know the exact figures but I think our foreign aid budget is something like 0.7% of our Gross National Income, which is a tiny amount in reality. For me we shouldn't be cutting this to help our own country, we should be diverting more of the other near 95% of the budget to those in this country who need it. Starting with the gigantic profits of those companies who have been effectively tax dodging for the last however many years.
I'm proud that as a democratic country we have always given aid generously. You could argue the same thing for something like comic relief, why do people bother donating all this money to help others abroad, when most of those people who are donating, are still in pretty tight financial situations themselves. It's because they care.
We should as India continues to rise as an Economic power be reducing the amount we give there and give it to other places, which we are I believe, but by all accounts, there are still millions of people in poverty in India and we should be showing the Indian government how to help those people as well as setting an example around the world that this we are a caring nation.
You can call it tree huggy bullshit all you want, but the minute all countries pull up the drawbridges and say we'll just look after our own thanks, humanity is fucked. But my man point is we can afford this foreign aid but we should also be looking at how we distribute wealth better in our own country to help those who need it.
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Post by Dharma Bum on Nov 6, 2013 1:40:52 GMT
Surely the argument shouldn't be about cutting foreign aid, it should be about redistributing the enormous profits & wealth that we (as in big companies etc) make in this country more fairly? I don't know the exact figures but I think our foreign aid budget is something like 0.7% of our Gross National Income, which is a tiny amount in reality. For me we shouldn't be cutting this to help our own country, we should be diverting more of the other near 95% of the budget to those in this country who need it. Starting with the gigantic profits of those companies who have been effectively tax dodging for the last however many years. I'm proud that as a democratic country we have always given aid generously. You could argue the same thing for something like comic relief, why do people bother donating all this money to help others abroad, when most of those people who are donating, are still in pretty tight financial situations themselves. It's because they care. We should as India continues to rise as an Economic power be reducing the amount we give there and give it to other places, which we are I believe, but by all accounts, there are still millions of people in poverty in India and we should be showing the Indian government how to help those people as well as setting an example around the world that this we are a caring nation. You can call it tree huggy bullshit all you want, but the minute all countries pull up the drawbridges and say we'll just look after our own thanks, humanity is fucked. But my man point is we can afford this foreign aid but we should also be looking at how we distribute wealth better in our own country to help those who need it. Nailed it. |
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Post by The Turtle on Nov 6, 2013 8:13:34 GMT
Well said, Funky. It's the same argument as paying poor people a pittance as it encourages them to better themselves, work harder and get on. You know, just like how already wellpaid people need massive bonuses otherwise they won't work harder, better themselves and get on. Oooh, hold on a second....
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Post by Señor Naranja on Nov 6, 2013 8:31:40 GMT
GM for PM!
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