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Foreign aid fears (From York Press)
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Foreign aid fears
11:20am Monday 15th October 2012 in Letters By Reader's letter
THE speech the Prime Minster gave at the Conservative Conference was just what the Tories needed: no messing about, straight to the point.
Something was missing, because there was not a word about the coalition partners, as if they were not part of the Government. Good on David Cameron for that.
However, he also forgot to mention foreign aid, which needs to be scrapped now, not in the future.
If we keep sending money to countries that do not need it, we will end up being bankrupt. That’s why we are having to keep on borrowing money; we will never get rid of the deficit.
Mr Cameron also never mentioned immigration, which is growing out of proportion.
Labour has a lead of 17 points over the Tories; that needs reducing now.
Tom Mitchell, Mendip Close, Huntington, York.
Comments(7)
desmond tiblets
says...
3:03pm Mon 15 Oct 12
inthesticks
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3:09pm Mon 15 Oct 12
It was "just what the Tories needed".
It wasn`t what the country needed clearly, as it didn`t address at all what the poor peasants need right now.
Tories - out of touch since Thatcher and still are.
perplexed
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4:04pm Mon 15 Oct 12
desmond tiblets wrote:If Cameron wants to reduce Labour's lead, he might try telling the truth for once , and recognise that not all the electorate live in London and the south east.
How on earth does labour have a 17 point lead that party bankrupted this country whilst flooding us with 3 million immigrants not to mention creating the Jeremy Kyle generation.This must be stopped now!!!
As for debt, the coalition is upping debt by a staggering £465 billion over five years, more than the £319 billlion that Labour borrowed over five years!
If waiving planning permission for extensions to houses is the best they can do, then we are truly sunk. Stop borrowing £12 billion next year for countries who do not need it and come clean on Europe . I seem to remember Cameron was keen to enlarge Europe even further and welcome Turkey into the membership.
last of the mandms
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4:49pm Mon 15 Oct 12
PinzaC55
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9:29pm Mon 15 Oct 12
desmond tiblets wrote:Sorry to be pedantic but it was a Conservative government who took us into Europe and most of those 3 million immigrants are here by right - from Europe.
How on earth does labour have a 17 point lead that party bankrupted this country whilst flooding us with 3 million immigrants not to mention creating the Jeremy Kyle generation.This must be stopped now!!!
ColdAsChristmas
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1:30am Tue 16 Oct 12
You are of course aware that the Antarctic last month saw maximum ice extent and that it is official that there has been no global warming for 16 years. Philip Jones actually admitted that he did not properly understand natural variability. Nobody can understand a chaotic system and that is why these silly models based on 16ppm Man made CO2 are guesswork at best or GIGO.
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ColdAsChristmas says...
1:27pm Mon 15 Oct 12
Despite a fall in gas prices on the wholesale market due to a glut (Peak oil indeed) the mostly foreign owned energy companies are set increase their profits and charges well above the rate of inflation. Where do our politicians expect this money to come from to pay the bills?
With high energy costs and a desire for imports there will be no economic recovery and therefore no relief from massive debt while there is a culture of spend, spend, spend on wasteful projects.