Brown gives £825 million to India

[Spacecadet]

i'd rather the money went to india than spent sending our troops in search of some mystical WMD's

[DodgyAgent]

i'd rather the money went to india than spent sending our troops in search of some mystical WMD's

Even better the money should be left in the pockets of the taxpayer

[Ardesco]

i'd rather the money went to india than spent sending our troops in search of some mystical WMD's

I would much rather it was spent on our troops than on India. That way when something goes wrong and we start getting attacked our boys will be able to defend our country. In the mean time less of them will die abroad for little reason.

[sasguru]

hmmm interesting:
apparently this will be seen as a "sinister tie-up between India and Israel by the middle east"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7199736.stm

I think we have to keep India on side.

[Ardesco]

hmmm interesting:
apparently this will be seen as a "sinister tie-up between India and Israel by the middle east"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7199736.stm

I think we have to keep India on side.

Considering that many muslims live in India (I belive that the person running the country at the moment is a muslim too) I would suggest that this is a load of crap. Standard media lets make somethign up to make the story seem a bit more interesting.

[Spartacus]

Considering that many muslims live in India (I belive that the person running the country at the moment is a muslim too) I would suggest that this is a load of carp. Standard media lets make somethign up to make the story seem a bit more interesting.

Manmohan Singh is a Sikh.

[Spacecadet]

Considering that many muslims live in India (I belive that the person running the country at the moment is a muslim too) I would suggest that this is a load of carp. Standard media lets make somethign up to make the story seem a bit more interesting.

muslims in india are seen as being at the bottom of the ladder and have one of the worse literacy rates in the country

[Troll]

muslims in india are seen as being at the bottom of the ladder and have one of the worse literacy rates in the country

Same as muslims over here then

[Chantho]

Dudes - seems pants to give aid to a country that has nuclear weapons and a space program

Well it sounds like a lot of money but a quick calc shows that it is about 18.74 rupees (24p) a year per person if everyone in India gets an equal share.

[Spacecadet]

Well it sounds like a lot of money but a quick calc shows that it is about 18.74 rupees (24p) a year per person if everyone in India gets an equal share.

Thats half a days pay for some people