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BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
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Leslie | Report | 21 Sep 2017 08:22 |
Good morning all...The British Virgin Islands can't get aid from the UK because they aren't on the Foreign Aid Programme....They have had to appeal to the rest of the world for help... |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 21 Sep 2017 08:33 |
The BVI govt has oodles of money derived from its large scale ultra confidential banking offer. Unfortunately the BVI is run by people who dont give a flying duck for the ordinary inhabitants. Dont hold yr breath waiting for HMG to bail out the bankers. Other islands with weaker links to the bankers will do a bit better. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 21 Sep 2017 08:33 |
The UK gives £300m in aid to Pakistan - despite Imran Khan saying in 2011, that all the aid does is fuel corruption - and Pakistan has a £19m space programme! |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 21 Sep 2017 08:53 |
The BVI qnd other Crozn possessions are not foreign although the HMG denies passport holdrs right of residence in the UK |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 21 Sep 2017 09:10 |
Why do we give foreign 'aid' (recently increased to Pakistan) when they're more interested in a rocket then their own? |
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Rambling | Report | 21 Sep 2017 11:51 |
They can't be given aid from the "foreign" aid budget because they are the BRITISH Virgin Islands. The aid would come from the same budget as a flood in Yorkshire, ie a domestic aid budget ( should there be one under this government!) |
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Kense | Report | 21 Sep 2017 14:20 |
£19 million for a space programme doesn't seem much. Especially when you consider that London spent £1.8 million on a few fireworks in January. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 21 Sep 2017 22:33 |
I've been to Tortola and Dominica - such poor islands, no infrastructure, nothing. UK should be ashamed of the state of the islands. I believe St Vincent is also British Territory, and that too is so poor. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 21 Sep 2017 22:46 |
Perhaps they should give less to the Foreign Aid Budget and keep more for British Aid. |
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Rambling | Report | 21 Sep 2017 23:38 |
https://fullfact.org/economy/uk-spending-foreign-aid/ |
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Rambling | Report | 21 Sep 2017 23:58 |
or to put it another way, this rather diverting headline |
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