The audience in BBC’s Question Time has one again suggested spending the £12bn International Aid Budget on ‘anything else, that blatantly costs more'; making it less like an economic wishlist and more like the deranged demands of Mariah Carey.
When quizzed about this, one audience member concluded the UK would be able to increase government expenditure by £60bn by scrapping overseas aid alone – a ‘win-win’ scenario for all. Meanwhile Diane Abbott has suggested the UK would be able to recruit over 300 million police officers if the International Aid was spent more wisely.
Gary Baldy