India launches spacecraft to Mars

[Yomanze]

well done India, now can the uk stop giving you £250million every year in aid?

Well they contribute way more than £250m in terms of their valuable contribution to the NHS. And no, big parts of India need it and, I feel, we are indebted to them since Empire days, and not to mention the curry house.

[synsei]

yeah they really need our foreign aid to fund that

farcical, half their country in real poverty and they spend the aid on a space program

It is comments such as this which need to be addressed. India has repeatedly requested that we stop sending them financial aid, it is successive British governments which insist on sending it so while they do the Indian regime continues to accept it and quite right too, if those pushy Brits can't take 'no' for an answer then more fool them. Secondly, India's space program generates $2 for every dollar spent. Spread the total expenditure on their space program evenly throughout the land and every Indian citizen would benefit to the tune of 0.07 cents. Don't spend it all at once guys...

[synsei]

Well they contribute way more than £250m in terms of their valuable contribution to the NHS. And no, big parts of India need it and, I feel, we are indebted to them since Empire days, and not to mention the curry house.

Exactly. Also, don't forget that India stepped in to save Land Rover and Jaguar ensuring the security of British jobs in the process and the same goes for our steel industry. Much of the technology for India's space program has been developed in the UK and supplied to India. I think India has more than repaid any aid given many times over...

[archiesdad]

Exactly. Also, don't forget that India stepped in to save Land Rover and Jaguar ensuring the security of British jobs in the process and the same goes for our steel industry. Much of the technology for India's space program has been developed in the UK and supplied to India. I think India has more than repaid any aid given many times over...

What steel industry?, IFIRC large plants were shut by TATA and equipment shipped off to foreign parts, more redundancies last week, time to stop all aid going overseas.

[synsei]

What steel industry?, IFIRC large plants were shut by TATA and equipment shipped off to foreign parts, more redundancies last week, time to stop all aid going overseas.

We wouldn't have a steel industry at all if it wasn't for TATA...

[bobbasrah]

TATA steel industry was a bit Freudian...

[Thing Fish]

TATA steel industry was a bit Freudian...

Nice one...

[Canetoad]

We'll drown in our own shit just like bacteria in a Petrie dish.

[Markiii]

I don't really care how the math is justified

They can afford a space program and a nuclear weapons program, and have half the country in Real poverty

They do not need our aid, and we should not be sending it to them, and that's absolutely our governments fault

[walpurgis]

Well they contribute way more than £250m in terms of their valuable contribution to the NHS. And no, big parts of India need it and, I feel, we are indebted to them since Empire days, and not to mention the curry house.

I wasn't aware that India pays anything towards our NHS.

And I hate curry. Smelly muck! Yuk!