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Farage mentions Argentina/Falklands policy to blast Foreign Office's expenditure
The former leader of the UK Independent Party and great promoter of the Leave position in the Brexit referendum Nigel Farage, has mentioned Argentina and Falklands policy as proof that Britain’s foreign aid budget is being spent in completely the wrong places. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesDear me, and I thought charity begins at home.
Jul 19th, 2017 - 08:41 am - Link - Report abuse +1Argentina should be using whatever UK aid money they are given to buy aircraft (and the software needed to fly them) from us not from China.
Jul 19th, 2017 - 08:58 am - Link - Report abuse -5Oh yes, that reminds me....
Since no one wants me to give me a second chance to complete my conspiracy theory (you know who you are...) here it is anyway. http://nocamels.com/2016/12/cyber-security-secdo/
“We’ve been giving money to Argentina who still has a claim over the Falkland Islands,” he fumed.
Jul 19th, 2017 - 10:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0Time for Argentina to drop the claim and move on. Falklands- Never Belonged to Argentina:
https://www.academia.edu/31111843/Falklands_Never_Belonged_to_Argentina
There should be no foreign aid given to anyone, without some specific benefit to the nation giving it. It isn't a legitimate function of government to confiscate the money of their citizens and give it away for any reason other than to advance the country's interests. If people are interested in donating to some charitable cause, it's up to them to do it, not for government to take their money and give it away in a manner most would disapprove of. May is an idiot, and needs to be replaced. If the Tories can't do better than her, they may as well close up shop.
Jul 19th, 2017 - 03:10 pm - Link - Report abuse +2Farage is probably deflecting as the true cost of Brexit becomes apparent. It is like me telling my wife that I want to buy a Lambourghini and, when she complains about the cost, I point out that she bought a new handbag made from Argentine leather when she already has many.
Jul 19th, 2017 - 06:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Also, where does aid get paid to? Is it the governments, in which case Farage has a point, or is it to aid agencies in those countries? The latter is somewhat better since you'd hope it would be going directly to those who need it.
Farage doesn't have a lot of credibility, so I wouldn't be surprised if he is misrepresenting something here. He did that during the Brexit campaign. The headlines look bad, but the details may show that things are actually OK. We need to know who is being paid, how much and for what purpose. Sounds like just the job for Think... ;-)
@Zaphod
Jul 19th, 2017 - 08:05 pm - Link - Report abuse +2Exactly what I was going to say. Without knowing what the aid is being spent on and whether it is getting to the people it's intended for, we have no idea whether it is a good thing or not.
It's a sad fact that the people who need aid the most are likely to live in the countries with the worst leadership. If their leaders were competent and worked for the good of the country they'd be a lot less likely to ever need our help. Just look at Zimbabwe. Due to Mugabe's mismanagement the economy collapsed and people are starving. The challenge is making sure we are actually helping the people and not propping up corrupt and incompetent governments.
As for legitimate functions of government, in a democracy the people decide what those are. If you don't like it, vote for some other party.
Look after those at home first and dont give a single dime to Argentina..
Jul 19th, 2017 - 08:37 pm - Link - Report abuse +2Zaphod and DT
Jul 19th, 2017 - 10:12 pm - Link - Report abuse +1I wholeheartedly agree with you both. Whilst there is a chance of misrepresentation and some money ending up where we would not be happy, it is right and proper in my opinion to be attempting to help the needy. I know people will say there are plenty of needy people in the UK but it is all relative and getting the right balance will always be darn impossible.
We should not be giving money to the enemy.
Jul 20th, 2017 - 03:25 am - Link - Report abuse +1Bisley: Yes, one in the bulls -eye...However, without recourse to your comments on Mrs May, (because all of the so-called party leaders are to blame as well, as they are too busy in-fighting, instead of uniting the UK for the serious Brexit...) I agree with your comment on Waste...
Jul 21st, 2017 - 08:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0The main beneficiarys of the charity money given by good citizens are the CEOs of said charity's, just check them out
Jul 21st, 2017 - 12:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0England will return the Malvinas within 25 years.
Jul 23rd, 2017 - 07:50 am - Link - Report abuse -3Poor old (Hepatia) Kipper. Again with the old “England will return the Malvinas within 25 years” BS.
Jul 23rd, 2017 - 03:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0#1 Yes, we have no Malvinas... (Chile has some though)
#2 England doesn't have the wherewithal to return the FALKLANDS (please learn the difference between “England” and “The United Kingdom of Great Britain”)
#3 The United Kingdom of Great Britain won't be returning the Falklands to Argentina without the express wishes and permission of the Falkland Islanders.
#4 It ain't going to happen.
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