Sadly, as Andrew Webster says, people are
increasingly asking why Britain should contribute so much in international aid
when "so many services at home desperately need money" (No turning back for
international aid,26/12/16). The point is that £12bn can easily be afforded,
plus billions more for our public services. What is needed is a government with
the courage to tax fairly and efficiently, ignoring the Laffer curve as
right-wing propaganda, raising income tax so that people earning three times the
national average pay much more, and treating tax evasion and avoidance as
punishable crimes.
Priti Patel`s insistence that tackling hunger
and drought is "in Britain`s interest" is correct, not least because it offers
some sort of morality into government policy which is far too dominated by
arms sales, and deals with ruthless dictators.
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