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Ukraine in line for European Union aid package.

  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-uprising-eu-aims-to-woo-new-leadership-with-aid-deal-9147803.html EU aims to woo new leadership in Ukraine with aid deal Vitali Klitschko, talks to members in the parliament session hall, in Kiev Just like the United States in countless countries around the world, the European Union seeks to buy influence and control outside their own borders with promises of huge sums of money, no doubt to be followed shortly by further promises of military aid, equipment and special economic deals. All this bribery, and no doubt the associated corruption when the "defence equipment" dealers begin to ply their trade in the Ukraine, or whatever remains of that wretched nation at that time, geared to buy influence and further marginalise Putin generally and Russia specifically. The British government of course, is eager to jump on the bandwagon, and promise £millions from our own treasury, not withstanding the fa...

Foreign aid is not always routed to the intended recipients.

  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ukip-mep-godfrey-bloom-shrugs-off-condemnation-after-demanding-that-britain-stops-sending-money-to-bongo-bongo-land-8749159.html   Godfrey Bloom shrugs off condemnation after demanding that Britain stops sending money to 'Bongo Bongo Land' UKIP MEP. Godfrey Bloom    It is common knowledge that I do not support UKIP, or any of their "policies", and I certainly do not support Cameron and the ConDem coalition. Having said that however, I find it difficult to construct an argument in opposition to what Godfrey Bloom has said. He has just (09:25 today) been interviewed on BBC News24 where Simon McCoy had a less than comfortable time trying to get the "BBC line" across with constant references to "Bongo Bongo land" only to be rebuked and frustrated by the logic and common sense responses from Bloom. It is common knowledge that huge sums of taxpayers money is sent to countries where greed and c...