Reply to: We Have Lost Seat On International Court of Justice To...

[NigelJK]

seeing how corrupt we are

Been to India recently?

[PurpleGorilla]

To be fair, PG doesn't understand anything very much.

Meh

[northernladyuk]

Im proud the UK has been at the fore front of helping other nations or populations in need, whether that be economic, political, food or even military intervention when needed.

But, if the rest of the world thinks we are no longer needed or relevant enough for them, Im happy to scale back that assistance and begin to look after ourselves as the first priority.

It's an absolute necessity, given the political and economic trajectory.

[LondonManc]

We should stop doing that and use the money on the NHS instead.

Not needed. We also need to stop sending aid to Pakistan.

As for Syria, let's stop sending aid and start sending replacement Syrians.

[WTFH]

Yeah but the child has outgrown the parent. We still give India 'economic aid' despite India having a bigger economy than the UK and India saying they dont want the money.

We should stop doing that and use the money on the NHS instead.

[Mordac]

No-one dared to upset the UK because the EU would have been down on them like a ton of bricks, now they've told their big mate to f*** the UK will become the number one kicking stool.

Are you on drugs? When has that institution ever done anything diplomatically useful, or indeed anything at all except hand out fines?

[Mordac]

an Indian judge.

linky

We're offshoring everything else to India, so why not this?

[Bean]

Im proud the UK has been at the fore front of helping other nations or populations in need, whether that be economic, political, food or even military intervention when needed.

But, if the rest of the world thinks we are no longer needed or relevant enough for them, Im happy to scale back that assistance and begin to look after ourselves as the first priority.

^^^ Underrated post right there ^^^

[Jog On]

Probably a good thing seeing how corrupt we are and being just a US vassal.

[bobspud]

That's because you don't understand the significance of it.


You seem completely unaware that most Commonwealth countries have based their democratic institutions on UK ones.

Love what Zimbabwe did with it...

But snide jibes aside. We are a small island not an empire.

We are not in the dark ages anymore we shouldn’t need to bribe or cajoel those members its up to them to choose to uphold the laws they see fit.

I think its a great oportunity for the countries we have suppressed in the past to show how they have grown with out us.

[washed up contractor]

This is not a thread about what cannot be named.

Britain has historic connections with Commonwealth countries like India and that connection has allowed us to intervene in the past in conflicts like civil wars in Sierra Leone.

Yeah but the child has outgrown the parent. We still give India 'economic aid' despite India having a bigger economy than the UK and India saying they dont want the money.

[SueEllen]

No-one dared to upset the UK because the EU would have been down on them like a ton of bricks, now they've told their big mate to f*** the UK will become the number one kicking stool.

This is not a thread about what cannot be named.

Britain has historic connections with Commonwealth countries like India and that connection has allowed us to intervene in the past in conflicts like civil wars in Sierra Leone.

[BlasterBates]

No-one dared to upset the UK because the EU would have been down on them like a ton of bricks, now they've told their big mate to f*** the UK will become the number one kicking stool.

[washed up contractor]

Im proud the UK has been at the fore front of helping other nations or populations in need, whether that be economic, political, food or even military intervention when needed.

But, if the rest of the world thinks we are no longer needed or relevant enough for them, Im happy to scale back that assistance and begin to look after ourselves as the first priority.

[SueEllen]

You need to expand that answer. A judge from the UK has lost his place to an Indian Judge, but the Indian judge democratic institutions are based on the UK ones. And?

As Paddy pointed out the UK is now becoming an insignificant nation on the world stage. This means we will be ignored when it comes to things like conflict resolution in and between countries, and people in the UK won't be invited to see if foreign elections are free and fair. All this stuff is linked to trade ties with other nations.