"The last two days was b****cks,"

[jkat]

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/devel...098835,00.html

Rock star turned aid activist Bob Geldof today launched a blistering attack on the G8 summit despite a $60bn (£30bn) pledge to fight HIV/Aids and an agreement on climate change.

he reckons (and i believe him) we wont see anything near this figure in 3 years.

[Xaccers]

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

[BBKing]

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.

[jkat]

Originally Posted by BBKing

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.

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

[Locky]

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

Originally Posted by Locky

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

Seriously though, have you been drinking heavily this afternoon?

[Locky]

Originally Posted by Chris T

Seriously though, have you been drinking heavily this afternoon?

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

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

Originally Posted by Locky

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

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

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.

[Locky]

Originally Posted by Chris T

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.

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

Originally Posted by Locky

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

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.

[Locky]

Originally Posted by Chris T

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.

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 ?

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Locky

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 ?

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

Originally Posted by Locky

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 ?

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?

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

[BBKing]

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 ?

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.