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	<title>Comments on: The EU and Africa sign up for democracy - who&#8217;s kidding who?</title>
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	<description>Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Wokingham</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Stuart Fairney</title>
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		<dc:creator>Stuart Fairney</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"Why is the EU spineless when dealing with dictators, yet spiteful when dealing with the democratic views of the people like us who pay its bills?"

Because the autocrats of the EU and the Kleptocrats of Africa are cut from the same clothe perchance?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Why is the EU spineless when dealing with dictators, yet spiteful when dealing with the democratic views of the people like us who pay its bills?&#8221;</p>
<p>Because the autocrats of the EU and the Kleptocrats of Africa are cut from the same clothe perchance?</p>
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		<title>By: Ian B</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ian B</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 11:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The main problem is, we can't have our country back until we have a major party to vote for who will promise to take us out of the EU and who will campaign on why we need to leave.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The main problem is, we can&#8217;t have our country back until we have a major party to vote for who will promise to take us out of the EU and who will campaign on why we need to leave.</p>
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		<title>By: Cliff</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cliff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 11:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Regionalisation does not work, it tends to breed nationalism and civil war, look no further than the former Yugoslavia for a prime example.

I wonder why Mr Mugabee could not have been arrested once he left Zimbabwe, in my view it appears he has committed crimes against humanity and should be tried for those crimes.
Although he has treated his people badly, he is still seen as a hero by many Black Africans because they perceive he has stood up to the repression of the Black Africans by the white Europeans and in particular the British.
I wonder why there is no international political will to oust Mr Mugabee. I feel we should make the aid packages to third world countries a little more conditional, it seems we fund these despots and then just sit back and hear them rubbish us and our way of life and beliefs.
These countries seem to hate what we stand for but love the constant handouts we continue to give them. The problem I have is that although we give a fortune to these failed countries year after year, they make no progress. They still seem to have the same problems at grass root level that they have had for the last forty years. Surely the money we waste in places like Africa would be better spent on teaching them to help themselves. I suggest we need to put much less money through the governments of these countries and put that money into organisations that work on the ground like save the children and Caffod for example. Corruption is rife in many of these countries and often it goes up to government level so it makes sense to cut them out of the loop.
We in the UK can also help these countries by not poaching their doctors and nurses and other professionals.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Regionalisation does not work, it tends to breed nationalism and civil war, look no further than the former Yugoslavia for a prime example.</p>
<p>I wonder why Mr Mugabee could not have been arrested once he left Zimbabwe, in my view it appears he has committed crimes against humanity and should be tried for those crimes.<br />
Although he has treated his people badly, he is still seen as a hero by many Black Africans because they perceive he has stood up to the repression of the Black Africans by the white Europeans and in particular the British.<br />
I wonder why there is no international political will to oust Mr Mugabee. I feel we should make the aid packages to third world countries a little more conditional, it seems we fund these despots and then just sit back and hear them rubbish us and our way of life and beliefs.<br />
These countries seem to hate what we stand for but love the constant handouts we continue to give them. The problem I have is that although we give a fortune to these failed countries year after year, they make no progress. They still seem to have the same problems at grass root level that they have had for the last forty years. Surely the money we waste in places like Africa would be better spent on teaching them to help themselves. I suggest we need to put much less money through the governments of these countries and put that money into organisations that work on the ground like save the children and Caffod for example. Corruption is rife in many of these countries and often it goes up to government level so it makes sense to cut them out of the loop.<br />
We in the UK can also help these countries by not poaching their doctors and nurses and other professionals.</p>
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