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23rd August 2023, 01:34 PM
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The moon
India, a country we give loads of Dosh in foreign aid too and who many of their citizens illegally trying to come into the country, have landed a spacecraft on the moon at its southern pole.
Crikey!!!!
Are they looking for new places for takeaway's.
Rgds
J.A
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23rd August 2023, 03:27 PM
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Re: The moon
Bet the Russians are pi-ssed off lol.
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23rd August 2023, 05:09 PM
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Re: The moon
As a British taxpayer, I'm pissed off, I would like my money spent here!
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23rd August 2023, 05:45 PM
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Re: The moon
Not sure if the UK still gives India actual cash as forign aid now??
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23rd August 2023, 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by
James Curry
Not sure if the UK still gives India actual cash as forign aid now??
I believe they do, China also gets aid from UK, you couldn't make it up could you?
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23rd August 2023, 06:26 PM
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Between 2016 and 2021 the UK gave India £2.3b I foreign aid.
Vic
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23rd August 2023, 09:48 PM
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Hard to believe what aid is or is not given to India. Depends what link one reads.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics...stop-handouts/
https://icai.independent.gov.uk/html...-aid-to-india/
If they are still giving financial aid , well be hard to stop now seeing as the UK cabinet has more than it's fair share of Indians in top jobs
Last edited by James Curry; 23rd August 2023 at 10:33 PM.
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24th August 2023, 01:24 AM
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Re: The moon
Tony.
British and American politicians use China, India and even Russia to invest their money, so they send in UK and American Taxpayers money to help it along, the returns are great. I can see a future where the Thames has bodies floating down it just like the Ganges. There has been to much focus on what is going on between Russia and the Ukraine, that\s to make sure working people in Western countries don't realize their own living standards are going down the gurgler. Most people on this site are retired but just ask a person still working for a living how they are going and most can't see their anus from their elbow. We have just had the results of the big shopping companies profits here so colossal they are embarrassing.
Des
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Lest We Forget
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24th August 2023, 06:25 AM
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Re: The moon
Just a few days ago BRICS, now that is a collection to be sure.
PM of India here a couple of weeks ago said too many in India, some must move to other places. But the aid given to India by UK has not gone to waste, now on the moon south pole it will be an ideal spot for them to migrate to.
It would make good use of something we have little use for just now.


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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25th August 2023, 01:10 AM
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News flash here this morning, Two Indian restaurants to open on the Moon next month.
Des
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