Stick your money!

[DimPrawn]

Said Bob.

India tells Britain: We don't want your aid - Telegraph

India’s Finance Minister has said that his country “does not require” British aid, describing it as “peanuts”.

[AtW]

He's got a point.

[Troll]

Said Bob.

India tells Britain: We don't want your aid - Telegraph

India’s Finance Minister has said that his country “does not require” British aid, describing it as “peanuts”.

But officials at DFID, Britain’s Department for International Development, told the Indians that cancelling the programme would cause “grave political embarrassment” to Britain,

Cancel it now!

[scooterscot]

"Sterling, you can't give it away"

[BrilloPad]

I wonder when India are going to start looking after their poor?

[MarillionFan]

I wonder when India are going to start looking after their poor?

I wonder when the UK is going to start looking after their elderly?

[bless 'em all]

I wonder when the UK is going to start looking after their elderly?

I think the cold weather will have taken care of a few of them.

[vetran]

Perfect time to make both populations happy. Cancel the Aid, the vast majority gets stolen anyway.

Maybe that is why the civil service & relevant ministers don't want it cancelled they won't be able to send Tarquin / Ranjit to Public School without the money stolen from the UK electorate and the starving Indian poor. Or they are using it as leverage to interfere with India's decisions, not unusual for western governments to buy a seat at the table.

I'm sure the large multinationals pumping money into India will start questioning the behaviour of their government with regards to their poor eventually. Also so much money is repatriated by Indian nationals and their descendants I think the Indian poor will slowly be dragged out of their poverty because their cousins live abroad and send money home.

[MrMark]

"Sterling, you can't give it away"

(although there are still some of us willing to take it off your hands, if it's that much of a burden)

[MarillionFan]

I think the cold weather will have taken care of a few of them.

Fingers crossed. I've not seen EO post for a few days.