Something Fishy with Foreign Aid

Billothewisp is perplexed. George Osborne has brought a heavy axe down on the grotesque cancer of public spending excess. But there is one exception. Foreign aid is to grow by 37%. Notice dear readers not so much a squeak about this out of Labour, SNP, Plaid, or any of the others. The silence is deafening.

Furthermore, reporting of the many billions increase in foreign aid has been almost non existent (with the odd notable exception see here.) Do not expect any expose from the BBC any time soon.

There is something not quite right here.

This simply does not fit.

Realistically, any government of any colour would rationally cut the foreign aid cloth to fit the economics of the day. But that is not what's happening.

A 37% increase, especially by a government in a challenging economic situation is simply bizarre.

Especially when it is an open secret that 80% of African foreign aid ends up in the Swiss bank accounts of the gangster rulers. While India and Pakistan use it to pay indirectly for their nuclear weapons programmes.

There has to be a reason, probably a dark reason why this is happening.

Is it some form of Dangeld? (see here) Or what?

I cannot figure it out. But to suggest it is the magnanimous gesture from our Great and Good for no reason other than righteousness is trite.

There is something seriously wrong about this.

We are not being told the truth.

Cider with Rosie George

Greetings my poisoned spotty and red-nosed fellow little Englanders:

Billothewisp has some tremendously good news for you.

Yea! Great tidings of joy and I bring.

There will be celebrations in the streets and not least festivities down the pub.

Prepare for ecstasy

And this is why:

You may well remember that we have recently had a change of those-who-should-be-obeyed. A realignment of the Great Good and Extremely Well Fed.

A changing of seats, portfolios and expense claim forms.

But this is not the reason for the celebration.

You may well remember what a complete bunch of conniving bastards the previous group of Great Good and Extremely Well Fed were.

You may recall how good it felt when the Conniving-Bastard-In-Chief was finally evicted from No 10 much to his displeasure and much to our joy.

But again, this is not the reason for celebration.

Now of course we have a new Conniving-Bastard-In-Chief.

In fact arguably we have two new Bastards-In-Chief. No celebration there.

We have had grindingly painful budget.

Again no cheer there.

Or is there?

OK my sour faced grubby little English chums here it comes.

Make sure you are either sat down or stood well clear of breakable objects.

Try not to windmill your arms with glee or you might knock the wife's teeth out.

George Osborne announced.........

The removal of the extra 10% tax on Cider!!!!

Yippee!

At least my weekly consumption of fermented apple juice is not going to be crucified for some politically correct anus in the Labour Party.

You know, I have to say, what a bunch of bastards.To up the tax on cider.

They would have been taxing penicillin next.

Personally I rely on cider to give me my five a day.

Mind you, I usually stop at 3 these days otherwise I tend to pass out.

But really what a bunch of politically correct champagne quaffing snivelling elitist buffoons would put an extra tax on cider?

George Osborne may well be a claret swilling chinless wonder but at least he has let the working man avoid punitive taxation on one of his few pleasures.

Forget how they wrecked the economy, buggered up our defence, gave away all our money in foreign aid, ponced and posed on the world stage at our expense.

When I next come to vote I will remember that the utter scum that became the Labour party and how they threatened to punitively tax my cider.

Bastards.

The Budget: Vicious but Fair

Osbourne should be applauded for his emergency budget. If nothing had been done we would have gone down the Greek road to ruin.

But Why Oh Why is foreign aid ring fenced? Eight billion a year goes out the door on foreign aid. Much of this goes into the pockets of ruling elites that don't give a damn about their poor.

If pensioners and others in this country are expected to go without, I am sure the foreign aid budget could at least be trimmed.

Most other countries in Europe put their own people first. Why don't we?