We True Britons Really Do Care

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I feel ashamed to be a fellow British citizen of the type referred to by CR Henderson, Your Shout, January 4.

He/she refers to the Government being bullied into giving aid to Africa when it should be spent on British citizens. In fact we give less than the target of 0.7% of GDP in overseas aid. Discussions on Africa and concerns on a crumbling British infrastructure were unbelievable. Most of the countries of Africa would be overjoyed if they had an infrastructure a tenth as good as ours. Remember the numbers of lives lost in the Tsunami disaster are unnecessarily lost every week in various parts of the world due to poverty.

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We True Britons Really Do Care

The poverty experienced in Africa is increased as a result of the developed world loading huge tariffs on African goods. This means the A...

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