Hanne65 I løpet av én dag signerte flere enn 100.000 Daily Mails underskriftskampanje for at bistandsbudsjettet skulle avlaste flomofre i England.
Within hours of its launch, celebrities, MPs, community leaders and victims had added their names to our petition. At the same time a poll found an overwhelming 73 per cent of Britons think overseas aid funds should be diverted.
Undersøkelsen i regi av ITV viste også at 44% mente at regjeringen gjør for lite i den stadig økende krisen.
Men David Cameron sa nei til bruk av bistandspenger. Istedet har han lovet en blankosjekk og sier at det ikke skal stå på penger. Han sa:
‘I don’t think it’s needed to go for the aid budget because we will make available the money that’s needed here in Britain. We are a wealthy country, we have a growing economy. If money is needed for clean-up, money will be made available.’
Treffende navn på pub’en.
Daily Mail ramser opp land hvor Storbritannia gir nødhjelp ved flom: Pakistan £267 mill, Bangladesh £250 mill, Nepal £100 mill osv.
Kommentarfeltet fylles raskt opp av sinte briter som mener at Cameron ikke satte inn hjelpen tidlig nok. Dette kan bli Camerons skamplett slik orkanen Katrina ble det for president Bush.
Oppdatering – ingen blankosjekk:
There is no “blank cheque” for the flood relief effort, Patrick McLoughlin has said, appearing to contradict claims by the Prime Minister that money is “no object” as Britain continues to battle extreme weather.
The Transport Secretary said that the Government would “use every resource” but refused to say that new money will be made available.
