Prodicus: So it's not about the money, then, is it?

09 August 2012

So it's not about the money, then, is it?

Never mind that nice make-poverty-history glow. British aid to India is all about politics, not poverty.

"The economic aid that Britain gives to India is now the same size as India’s own international aid budget."

Fraser Nelson.

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PeterlooThursday, 16 August 2012 13:43:00 BST
*sob* I dont think I can take much more of this bollocks - I feel as though I am trapped in some Dali-esque dream where common sense seems to bend and warp into a strange grotesque logic.
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