20-11-2011, 17:42
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Re: Public Spending...
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Originally Posted by garinda
'Over the same period, other recipients of British development aid have included Slovenia, Malta, the Czech Republic and Hungary, all highly developed First World countries, fellow members of the EU, and two of whom are even in the euro. In the last year for which figures are available, Britain also gave £380,000 in aid to the enormously wealthy oil sheikhdom of Saudi Arabia.'
Did Britain really need to give millions to*the wealthy state of Singapore? - Telegraph
Yes, Saudi Arabia!
Read it and weep.
(Just as soon as you've finished banging your head against the wall.) |
By the way cmonEileen, this was under the last Labour government.
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