Ethnic cleansing in southern Africa - SCRAMBLE!
Trukkie, I agree entirely. The UK is bankrupt and charity begins at home. Look at the state of the NHS, Armed Forces, education etc. However, meanwhile, the UK sends millions in aid to India, an Asian superpower that is sending spacecraft to the moon (something that the UK space program never came close to). Perhaps they should now be sending us aid!
If the Labour Government is so keen and ready for an African jaunt, I have to wonder why we never took a stand in Zimbabwe until the terrifying cricket sanctions of this year. Sending troops in several years ago would have been the right thing to do as 'our own' were being butchered by a standard-African-issue genocidal racist dictator who was busy destroying a once prosperous country. So why is NuLab now appearing enthusiatic to get involved on the Dark Continent and leap to the defence of people with whom we share no cultural or historic links? Would it be cynical to think that the skin colour of the victims is more palatable to the leadership of our country than it was in Rhode... sorry, Zim.