British Overseas Aid?

[Jeffrey Shaw]

I read that some spurious international rules prohibit the UK from using its overseas aid budget to help British Overseas Territories' residents engulfed and made mostly homeless by the recent hurricanes- on the bizarre grounds that they are 'too rich'. Would that apply to insurance, then? [No]. And, anyway, what business is it of other countries to dictate how UK funds should be used? [None].

 

See BBC report at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41258435

Edited September 14, 2017 by Jeffrey Shaw

[Jason crock]

So what? They probably are too rich and serves them right.

[GLASGOWOODS]

The poor indigenous population should get aid, but not the tax dodging Brits who moved there.

[Jason crock]

The poor indigenous population should get aid, but not the tax dodging Brits who moved there.

Absolutely back on.

[andyofborg]

I read that some spurious international rules prohibit the UK from using its overseas aid budget to help British Overseas Territories' residents engulfed and made mostly homeless by the recent hurricanes- on the bizarre grounds that they are 'too rich'. Would that apply to insurance, then? [No]. And, anyway, what business is it of other countries to dictate how UK funds should be used? [None].

 

See BBC report at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41258435

 

I'm guessing they mean these

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aid

 

and there doesn't seem to be anything spurious about them.

 

i'm quite sure the government could use part of the aid budget for this if they wanted too but i doubt they actually want to do anything and rather than admit that they choose to blame an international organisation.

[SkylinePhoto]

This disaster is exactly the sort of thing the foreign aid budget should be used for. Not giving it away to any country that wants a hand out. Most of it gets embezzled by warlords and dictators anyway.

 

I personally think the foreign aid budget is a disgrace, especially as the money could be spent on the public sector pay and services.

 

And now we actually want to help our own people and we arent allowed. What will they do to us anyway?

 

We are the only country in the world who seems to follow these rules and it always holds us back.

Edited September 14, 2017 by SkylinePhoto

[andyofborg]

We are the only country in the world who seems to follow these rules

 

what makes you think we are?

[melthebell]

what makes you think we are?

right wing paranoia and bigotry mostly

[tinfoilhat]

But if it's a British territory, can't it come out of a different pot? Can't we offer to buy what's left of their houses or something or fiddle it some other way?

 

More to the point, how are France and the Netherlands getting on helping their islands in the sun?

[melthebell]

But if it's a British territory, can't it come out of a different pot?

EXACTLY, its not foriegn aid, its our own territory, it should come from us, not diverted from foriegn aid funds