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House of Lords suggest we should abolish our 0.7% of GDP target for aid →

Whilst I agree that quality of aid is more important than having a specific target figure, if we abolish said target figure then our overall commitments may very well drop as there will be nothing ensuring they don’t. It’s not acceptable to withdraw help to others countries, we are all humans it doesn’t matter where we live we still deserve support.

— 1 year ago with 2 notes
#House of Lords  #poverty  #british politics  #aid 
British Government; one more nail in the coffin of youth success →

So that’s tuition fees and minimum wage, any other restrictions you want to put in place to prevent the countries young people from being successful?

— 1 year ago
#british politics  #minimum wage 
"So, please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookcase on the wall."
Roald Dahl
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#Roald Dahl  #Literature  #author  #books  #bookcase  #television 
"This isn’t a war sir, it’s an exploration of how far men can be degraded."
Sebastian Faulks, Birdsong
— 1 year ago with 16 notes
#literature  #sebastian faulks  #birdsong