Brown gives away more taxpayer money

[-:Undertaker:-]

Brown gives away more of our money despite United Kingdom sinking worryingly into deeper debt (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6555841.ece)


Britain has pledged £5 million of additional British food and education aid to Zimbabwe after a fundraising visit from Morgan Tsvangirai, Gordon Brown announced yesterday. The small pledge reflects continuing scepticism among Western nations that the country’s autocratic Government has changed since Mr Tsvangirai, a former opposition activist, took office in February in a controversial power-sharing agreement with President Mugabe.

In a joint press conference with Mr Tsvangirai, the Prime Minister said: “We are prepared to respond when the Zimbabwean Government takes action which is in conformity with the long-term ambition . . . but we will continue to speak out for those who are intimidated and threatened and exploited and, indeed, against all censorship.

We will continue to test the progress that is being made.” British aid to Zimbabwe will now total £60 million this year, channelled through aid agencies rather than the Zimbabwean Government. Mr Brown warned that more help would not be given until the country improves its human rights record.


Hey Gordo! What the hell do you think you doing with my cash, why are you giving Zim money while Mugabe is still president? Have you lost your wits?

Winston Smith, Edinburgh, UK


Another £5million to prop up third world rackets? We have to borrow this money at interest, to be paid back from our taxes. Brown should have sent him round to the bankers, or retiring MPs who will be getting £20m.

Jools, London, Banana Republic of Britain

Despite the Governor of the Bank of England the other day warning about the growing mountain of debt the country is growing, Gordon Brown seems to think it nessacery to give yet more of our money away to other countrys, and thats not even mentioning the fact that Robert Mugabe, the racist who destroyed Zimbabwe, is still President.

Labour seem determined to run this country as far into the ground as they can just like they did in the seventys, will someone throw this/these clowns out?

[Technologic]

1. 5 million is nothing in reality
2. they need it more than we do
3. you really should stop reading the mail.

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1. It is to the people of this country, and the hundreds of millions, if not billions hes giving away to other countrys.

2. They do need it, a lot of people need it, we also need it.

3. It isn't the Daily Mail.

[Chippiewill]

GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAr I HAVE A STAKE OF CLAIM TO THAT MONEH!!!!!!!!

I want the money that's mine which they're sending to the third world back, they are not wasting it on my watch!

[-:Undertaker:-]

While I support giving aid to countrys, why are we giving it to a country which has Robert Mugabe as President?

[Roboevil]

You're right, Britain is never going to recover from this now. I say **** Labour, we should put Maggie Thatcher on the throne, she'll sort it all out!

[-:Undertaker:-]

You're right, Britain is never going to recover from this now. I say **** Labour, we should put Maggie Thatcher on the throne, she'll sort it all out!

You don't think the level of debt is rising and the fact that we have just given money to one of the most corrupt and cruel men on the planet?

[Alkaz]

Should have taken our Mugabe and Hussein at the same time, now when they do it to Mugabe its going to be more conflict and upset again :/

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The sad thing is, we attacked the man who was the more liberal of the two, but he afterall was the one who had control of some of the biggest oilfields in the world. We should never have handed Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) over the Mugabe and his warlords in the first place, and the treatment of the colonial farmers and his own people over the years is disgusting, they are not even a threat to Mugabe.