24-05-2020, 11:35 AM
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Re: I love the way
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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You're moaning about a measly £44 million...When the UK pays out billions every year in foreign aid......
UK spending on foreign aid
15th Feb 2018
15th Feb 2018
For every hundred pounds that’s made in the UK, seventy pence goes towards foreign aid.
Another way to say this is that the government has a target to spend 0.7% of the UK’s Gross National Income on overseas development aid each year. Gross National Income (GNI) is the UK’s annual output of goods and services, plus any income we get from abroad.
In 2016, the UK spent £13.4 billion on overseas aid, in line with the 0.7% target.
Because the UK economy is set to get bigger over the next few years the real value of development aid spending is expected to increase.
Secondly the GDP of a country, especially the UK is the very last thing that should be used to judge the domestic economic health of a country
24-05-2020, 11:51 AM
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Re: I love the way
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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It's not just £44 mil though. The total cost of the Windsor's runs to circa £4 billion plus.Secondly the GDP of a country, especially the UK is the very last thing that should be used to judge the domestic economic health of a country
But thanks for asking anyway....
24-05-2020, 02:00 PM
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Re: I love the way
Was reading in todays paper ,how William found having children *scary* [ and still "going on" about Diana , she has been dead 20 years ,thought he might have got used to the idea by now , or is death different for them as opposed to us ] ] QAw shucks ,what about the little couple with little money living in a small flat ,,unlike you and katie living in splendid isolation whilst this virus is going on .You and the whole gang really take the biscuit IMO.Then sending messages as if that is supposed to comfort us ,biggest laugh going AFAIC.
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