Join the Battle! Wasteful Foreign Aid

Hope that celticrose sees that the plea in the OP is gaining minimal support on GN and the original petition isn't getting an overwhelming number of signatures either.

Yes the negative response, in the main, to this mean spirited petition appeal has been extremely heartwarming. .

Has anyone on here signed it, apart from CelticRose?

I always think of a Celtic Rose as being concerned about other people. Obviously wrong.

The EU has cut the amount of money given on foreign aid, and reduced the number of categories.
Fortunately health and education are still considered important.

A no from me too. These petitions are often started by ghastly Britain First, they had a lot going with during remembrance day, suggesting that the only reason veterans are in the streets is due to immigrants jumping the housing queue. I don't know what worries me most, the fact that they churn out these lies or the fact that stupid people believe them.

Not signing. It seems obvious to me that quite apart from pressing humanitarian reasons for giving aid from rich countries, as ours still is, to poor countries, there is also an argument of self-interest. If life is so miserable for people that they think it is worth risking their lives to come to Europe, it must be pretty bad. If we do nothing to help things improve where they are now, they will want to come here in ever larger numbers, and who could blame them? Surely the self-interest argument would appeal to those who want to raise the drawbridge?

Very well put,WIWYA.

I certainly wouldn't sign it. It's not a 'battle' I would want to join in any way, shape or form.

So much for not shooting the messenger, then! Democracy still working - you had a choice. The Petition has been signed with more than the number required, and Government will debate Foreign Aid being sent to corrupt governments. Now that Mugabe has "left the building" so to speak, perhaps Foreign Aid will get to those in Zimbabwe who need it rather than to those who stash it in private Swiss bank accounts. Zimbabwe once again invited to join the Commonwealth of Nations headed by HM The Queen.

Something in the news today about Boris Johnson changing the foreign aid "jam jars" so maybe the petition is already having an effect. I think he wants to help Rohingya refugees more, for instance.

Claire Short, the UKs first International Aid minister is backing this, she said:
Im afraid the department has lost capacity and 0.7% has ended up being destructive