you do realise it's effectively a diplomatic bribe?

our payback will be some trade concession, a favour owed on the UN security council etc.

international aid and development funding is hardly ever purely philanthropic.

Posted By: CWC on September 23rd 2015 at 14:29:08

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HMT have just announced they're devoting ?3m on training for 5,000 new football coaches (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 23, 12:49:46
- re all this vvvv (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 23, 17:16:47
  - In a few years time we could get them from China when you've come good (n/m) (Other Football) - essexcanaryOTBC, Sep 23, 18:27:28
- nearly as many as we took to Wembley (n/m) (Other Football) - mr carra, Sep 23, 13:11:32
  - But we came away with ?120m in 50s (as opposed to ?3m) (n/m) (Other Football) - essexcanaryOTBC, Sep 23, 13:13:55
- Not sure that's a justifiable use of public funding. (n/m) (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Sep 23, 12:57:21
  - china the largest and fastest growing economy? (Other Football) - fond, Sep 23, 13:12:12
  - Terrible PR at a time when the NHS is struggling for staff resources (n/m) (Other Football) - Jim, Sep 23, 12:59:27
    - It's such a lazy argument to compare everything a government spends to NHS (Other Football) - Hulk Rules, Sep 23, 14:02:37
      - That's also a rather lazy arguement as inflation alone will pretty much ensure the current (Other Football) - megson, Sep 23, 14:22:16
    - That would wipe almost 3% off my current hospitals 2014/15 debt........ (n/m) (Other Football) - admckechnie, Sep 23, 13:30:40
    - ?3m is peanuts in public spending terms. Absolutely fuck all. (Other Football) - Old Man, Sep 23, 13:10:53
      - What f**king benefits are there to Britain in helping China get better and (Other Football) - Jim, Sep 23, 14:25:56
        
        you do realise it's effectively a diplomatic bribe? (Other Football) - CWC, Sep 23, 14:29:08
        
        yes I do but its still ridiculous (n/m) (Other Football) - Jim, Sep 23, 14:53:04
        
        realpolitik innit. ?3m could be a bargain (Other Football) - CWC, Sep 23, 15:40:28
      - If it means they don't start a war with us one day I will be pleased (Other Football) - essexcanaryOTBC, Sep 23, 13:15:25

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