"The last two days was b****cks,"
 

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/devel...098835,00.html he reckons (and i believe him) we wont see anything near this figure in 3 years.

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Well, didn't they pledge bucket loads of money last year and not a lot actually turned up?

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Oh, has Geldof woken up to the fact that his best mate Tony doesn't give a toss? Only that sunglass-toting idiot Bonio to go, then.

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lol hes woken up to the fact, buts hes pretty adamant that ton is fighting his corner!:erm:

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******** to g8, they can fight aids them selves, england has england to worry about before any cash give outs are on the cards

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Seriously though, have you been drinking heavily this afternoon?

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nope why would you say that ? because i am against giveing aid ?

u are for it, i am against it, end of.

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I would say that because of the - ummmm - forthright way you're stomping around the forum venting your spleen on various subjects. Looks like your out for a fight, 'sall.

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for a fight on a forum ? lol ? nope, just find it quite amuseing how anti-british, you so called brits are, quite amuseing indeed

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I'm not sure why it's amusing to you. If our acceptance of 'non whites' into our land is as dangerous as you say it is, you should be terrified, or genuinely plotting some kind of armed resistance - not laughing.

However, to steer this back on topic, how is giving assistance to those less fortunate than ourselves 'anti-British'? The best bits of the glory days of Empire were the ones that were motivated by a genuine belief that Britain had a role to play in helping impoverished foreigners.

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there are cancer patients that need helping, there our homeless on our streets, and crackheads that need help, dont you think our doorstep should come first ? how would you feel if some1 realy close to u fell ill and the nhs refused to pay for treatment, and the governmetn are giveing all this money away ?

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There's certainly a need for more spending on grammar and spelling IMO :tu:

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Do you really think that the long-term health and prosperity of our nation has absolutely nothing to do with the health and prosperity of the nations that surround us?

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Actually I tend to agree that charity should start at home.

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It's instructive that your ire is directed at the tiny foreign aid budget rather than, say, the waste in the NHS in terms of bureaucracy derived from 'market' reforms (4% to 15% of the NHS budget in the last few years), paying independent treatment centres for operations that aren't performed and PFI projects where in order to avoid bankruptcy and meet contracts efficient hospitals are forced to close. A modicum of reading around the subject would help here.

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I think Chris makes a very valid point, particularly with respect to issues of (illegal) immigration. We wouldn't have hordes of people trying to come and eek out a living here if the conditions in Africa weren't so poor.

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Sorry, but 'd have a lot more respect for what the likes of Geldof and Bono claim to want to achieve in terms of world poverty if they gave up more of the trappings of their own fabulous wealth.

Just heard BG banging on again about people who go on holiday to third world countries and don't see the people, dying in poverty around them. How many holidays do you have Sir Bob, who pays for them, where do you jet off to and what do you do whilst you're there ?

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Come, come, Geldof's given up his hair stylist...

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The world is small and to be honest, imo, unless its happening to you I dont think it matters where the suffering or injustice is. Africa need a lot of help and Darfur is one place we should pay attention too instead of Paris Hilton, logos and other farily minor issues.

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Well we live in a fairly free country and anyone who wants to volunteer to work in the world's deprived areas is pretty much free to do so.

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Not to mention the vast sums paid for a comprehensive IT system...

Oh good! Oh, perhaps not...

They'll get no compliments from me!



Yes, I know it is incorrect English, but that seems to be the current Forum fashion (in some threads, anyway).

http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.u...stories/131004, if anyone is interested.

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On a different budget to the one it started with, of course.

I forgot to mention the waste of spending £250,000 (or over half an Olympic logo) training doctors for jobs that aren't there.