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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Diddly squat? I'm sure the NHS would be rather grateful for such a sum of money!
So you think countries like China and India would implode if we stopped giving them crateloads of money in foreign aid? You've been reading too many articles in The Guardian, old chap.
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Why? My guess is that it gives some politicians a nice warm feeling inside.
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Rizzy is right, it's all about us rather than them
From the horses mouth
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Last week India rejected the British-built Typhoon jet as preferred candidate for a £6.3 billion warplane deal, despite the Development Secretary, Andrew Mitchell, saying that Britain’s aid to Delhi was partly “about seeking to sell Typhoon.”
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...-your-aid.html
There's three reasons we give aid
1. To increase British soft-power by creating an impression of a generous state willing to help poorer nations.
2. To directly benefit British companies, aid-workers and other professionals who are the main recipients of the government & private sector funds allocated as aid.
3. To further indirectly benefit British industry by using aid as leverage to get trade concessions, mining rights etc. from desperate countries looking for immediate financial help. For instance if British aid money pays for a hospital you will probably find a caveat saying Britain has to provide all the equipment in it, thus cutting out the competition forever