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Posted by: Ben in Don't Worry About What THEY Want, I Have A Sense Of Perspective: Problems That Are Far Away Appear Small To Me., Rejected Petitions, Stop Spending My Money On Things I Don't Understand., Xenophobia

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I spoke to my mum tonight (well, it was tonight in England – it was gone midday here in Los Angeles) who tells me that there probably isn’t a Nigel Paddon in our family. That’s good. I also got the opportunity to ask if there was a Michael Paddon, because today Andrew found this under Rejected Petitions.

Stop-foreign-aid.

by Michael Paddon (rejected)

With the recent news that the UK is to give Zimbabwe $100 million in aid, I believe the time is right to stop all foreign aid, a fraction of which actually gets to the people because of corruption at high levels. Why should the UK suffer cutbacks across the board while we are sending millions if not billions of pounds of OUR money abroad?

Frankly, I’ve never been happier to learn I’m not related to someone. I’m not related to most people, as it goes, but thankfully I’m also not related to this dolphin’s testicle.

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