FabSwingers.com forum: Tongan tsunami

By *mateur100 OP Man
over a year ago

nr faversham

Wouldn't be be great if Great Britain used it's foreign aid budget to assist those countries in genuine need following natural disasters? Wouldn't that be something we could all be proud of?

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By *ackal1Couple
over a year ago

Manchester

We prefer to bomb the shit out of places first it’s become a tradition.

Tonga’s population is that of a small town so Australia and New Zealand will have it covered.

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By *mateur100 OP Man
over a year ago

nr faversham

"We prefer to bomb the shit out of places first it’s become a tradition.

Tonga’s population is that of a small town so Australia and New Zealand will have it covered. "

The principle is my main concern

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By *otlovefun42Couple
over a year ago

Costa Blanca Spain...

I'm sure that the powers that be will have their eye on the situation and should help be required then it will be forthcoming.

As is pretty much always the case.

We really don't need another veiled Britain bashing thread on the back of a terrible disaster.

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By *oxychick35Couple
over a year ago

thornaby

It’s always a Britain battering on here now it makes them feel better lol

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By *mateur100 OP Man
over a year ago

nr faversham

"It’s always a Britain battering on here now it makes them feel better lol"

Was never intended to be a Britain battering! More an opportunity to help out and to promote team GB more effectively

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By *oxychick35Couple
over a year ago

thornaby

"It’s always a Britain battering on here now it makes them feel better lol

Was never intended to be a Britain battering! More an opportunity to help out and to promote team GB more effectively"
I know it wasn’t mate I’m all for helping out but some would rather bash Britain on here than talk about tonga

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By *atEvolutionCouple
over a year ago

atlantisEVOLUTION Swingers Club. Stoke

"Wouldn't be be great if Great Britain used it's foreign aid budget to assist those countries in genuine need following natural disasters? Wouldn't that be something we could all be proud of? "

Where do you think the foreign aid does go?

In 2019 the UK provided £15.2bn of Official Development Assistance.

In 2019:

the final ODA:GNI ratio was 0.70%

UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend was £15,197 million, an increase of £645 million (4.4% increase) on 2018

UK bilateral ODA spend was £10,258 million (67.5% of total UK ODA) while UK core funding to multilaterals was £4,939 million (32.5% of total UK ODA)

DFID spent £11,107 million of ODA in 2019. This was an increase of £211 million (or 1.9%) compared with 2018

ODA spend by departments other than DFID and other contributors of UK ODA was £4,090 million in 2019, an increase of £434 million, or 11.9%, on 2018

Africa remained the largest recipient of UK region-specific bilateral ODA in 2019 – accounting for 50.6%

the top 3 recipients of UK bilateral country specific ODA were Pakistan (£305m), Ethiopia (£300m) and Afghanistan (£292m)

UK bilateral ODA to Yemen was £260 million, an increase of £94 million compared to 2018 - this was the largest increase to any country in 2019

the largest amount of bilateral ODA was focused on Humanitarian Aid (£1,536m), Health (£1,431m) and Multisector/ Cross-Cutting (£1,325m) sectors. For more information see the Multilateral Funding section

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By *ackal1Couple
over a year ago

Manchester

"It’s always a Britain battering on here now it makes them feel better lol

Was never intended to be a Britain battering! More an opportunity to help out and to promote team GB more effectively I know it wasn’t mate I’m all for helping out but some would rather bash Britain on here than talk about tonga "

Foreign aid is ongoing support for developments and ongoing aid support. We dish out large lumps to back up Oxfam the Red Cross etc when a specific disaster strikes. They are not the same thing.

One is constant help with both our and others created mess the other is specific emergency aid.

I was maybe too flippant in my response to Amateur but I suspected he was complaining about the aid budget. As many seem to do on here.

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By *ohnnyTwoNotesMan
over a year ago

golden fields

"It’s always a Britain battering on here now it makes them feel better lol

I don't think he was bashing Britain. Just questioning foreign aid policy.

Questioning the government isn't bashing Britain.

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By *mateur100 OP Man
over a year ago

nr faversham

I am all for an amount of money put aside annually to help with the likes of natural disasters.

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By *atEvolutionCouple
over a year ago

atlantisEVOLUTION Swingers Club. Stoke

It's a proper question really to ask what we do with foreign aid.

But it's also a proper question to ask - just how much can we a££ord to give bearing in mind that the UK needs to fund poverty/housing/homelessness/migrant relief etc at home.

There are always political slants to be understood in the way aid is given too - do we support despot regimes? Do we ask for favours if we do support? - do we expect future support for our own political ends on a world-wide stage - do we partner with other country organisations that keep and eye and ear to the above?

We are funding partners with International Rescue already (they include disaster relief) by way of UK Aid & The Foreign and Commonwealth office.

In this current pandemic we can afford a whole lot less too.

Decisions decisions. It's unrealistic to pretend that we can save everyone. And neither I think should we try to.

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By *ohnnyTwoNotesMan
over a year ago

golden fields

"It's a proper question really to ask what we do with foreign aid.

But it's also a proper question to ask - just how much can we a££ord to give bearing in mind that the UK needs to fund poverty/housing/homelessness/migrant relief etc at home.

We are funding partners with International Rescue already (they include disaster relief) by way of UK Aid & The Foreign and Commonwealth office.

In this current pandemic we can afford a whole lot less too.

Decisions decisions. It's unrealistic to pretend that we can save everyone. And neither I think should we try to.

Foreign aid is nearly all political.

I think it's a mistake to say "bearing in mind that the UK needs to fund poverty/housing/homelessness/migrant relief etc at home"

It's not an either or. If the government stopped all foreign aid. They're unlikely to use it for any of those issues above. Plus there are other things that money is spent on, which dwarfs foreign aid, and doesn't help anyone.

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By *asyukMan
over a year ago

West London

"Wouldn't be be great if Great Britain used it's foreign aid budget to assist those countries in genuine need following natural disasters? Wouldn't that be something we could all be proud of? "

Hopefully, we will contribute financially. It would not make sense to send support considering its location.

The hope would be that these things are not used politically as emergency aid is highly visible whereas long-term aid is mundane and its benefits not as visible although more long lasting.

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By *rFunBoyMan
over a year ago

Longridge

"Wouldn't be be great if Great Britain used it's foreign aid budget to assist those countries in genuine need following natural disasters? Wouldn't that be something we could all be proud of? "

If the UN was the organisation it was supposed to be, rather than the impotent, ineffective, human rights abusing joke it is due to political interference and gameplay.

GB would be part of a global response.

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