Vague_Boy Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I haven't clicked any of the links on the site's article - so I hold my head up high and say that I haven't paid the mortgage of the journalist who wrote some of that diatribe. You'll have missed this rather pertinent tidbit then: As a beneficiary of British foreign aid – I bought my first house with money saved from the generous salary an aid project paid me when I worked in the South Seas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 You'll have missed this rather pertinent tidbit then: *- I have edited the post, I had made a typo. No harm in re-iterating the fact that aid money paid the mortgage of aid workers though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spilldig Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I remember a few years ago they were appealing for money for some African state.A year later they built an Olympic style football stadium.Glad I didn't give owt. Pity we can't opt out of this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hots on Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I remember a few years ago they were appealing for money for some African state.A year later they built an Olympic style football stadium.Glad I didn't give owt. Pity we can't opt out of this one. As I said before, its not so much "aid", more, compensation, for historic colonialism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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