India

[brass neck]

Does anyone know why our country gives 1 billion pounds a year in charitable aid donations to a county that has a nuclear arsenal, a huge economy and a space program...... just something that doesn't sit right with me somehow!!!


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[stonie]

dunno but would like to know myself,think there would be a few people in cumbria that need new homes and a bridge here and there who would like to know too

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

No idea mate but I do know that before long a load of weird, uneducated fuckers will be here to blame it on Guardian readers and people who have knitted yoghurt at some point.

 

[clairepartyring]

dunno but would like to know myself,think there would be a few people in cumbria that need new homes and a bridge here and there who would like to know too

My sentiments as well.

 

[brass neck]

well coming from west cumbria...believe me there are allot of people in cumbria that could do with phone signals, radio signals, channel 4, a year with out 10 power cuts, and more job prospects than a life a the power station!!! lol, i spent my life with out leccy as a nipper, which was always a big irony as i live 5 mins from sellafield!!

 

[paphos-mcfc]

well coming from west cumbria...believe me there are allot of people in cumbria that could do with phone signals, radio signals, channel 4, a year with out 10 power cuts, and more job prospects than a life a the power station!!! lol, i spent my life with out leccy as a nipper, which was always a big irony as i live 5 mins from sellafield!!

How many toes do you have? All I can say is .... clever India for screwing us, now is my radioactive naga vindaloo ready???

 

[bizzbo]

politics. buying influence. not a bad idea in my book. they are a decent bunch. repayment for all the doctors and professionals we nabbed off them in the last fifty years.

 

[DTeacher]

India's not a county, mate.

;o)

 

[brass neck]

pretty certain it is, a country in the continant of asia.....


"India is a country in the continent of Asia, and lends its name to the Indian subcontinent, which is largely, but by no means totally covered by India"

 

[Anonymous]

We give them £1bn, they give us thousands of their best cooks.

Simple.