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Originally Posted by Mr K
We are a rich country, despite what you may hear. Overseas aid is 0.7% of our GDP - diddly squat to us, but makes a significant difference where its needed; we can be proud of it.The MOD is where big money could be saved, stop getting involved in pointless conflicts, which solves nothing, made things worse and us less safe. Massive waste of life and money.
As for flooding - everyone wants to blame someone else but we're all responsible. The climate is changing and we all as individuals have contributed. Flood defences/more money just poor sticking plasters that will ultimately fail. We're not treating the cause.
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Instead of saving money why not go after those avoiding copious amounts of tax instead, then there might be a few quid err floating about And the government could admit that they've fiddled the figures released and that flood defence spending has been cut. Actually scrap that it's not either or re tax or saving do both, responsibly.
Jenny jones said something that caught my attention earlier to, plant more trees, make more driveways with ply able materials and accept that we can't save all the land and set aside areas that can be flooded without it causing harm. Seems simple and sensible to me, perhaps to simple.