Re: The Truth of the Matter is this...
@Ledswinger
decided that handing £12bn a year out as foreign aid was a better way of spending what limited resources we do have
It's not aid. It's bribes. If we just called it what it is, cash to private individuals for access to their countries markets, people would better understand what the money is for and why paying it is essential. It allows our largest companies direct access to markets they'd not otherwise have, and to repatriate profits here which fund large chunks of our public expenditure.
And that, very much, is of greater value to the country than some new law graduates, or further "Medicated Izal degrees". Which is a wonderful term I intend to co-opt and make use of.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
