Not tempted by the bets but thanks for the header. I think AOC highly electable. She's articulate and authentic (back story of tending bar is solid american dream). She's the one candidate … (View Post)

I think you've misunderstood the piece - I'm very clear that voters would be happy to cut the aid budget. The issue is that MPs may have a different view. We won't know until its crunc… (View Post)

Thanks for the comments all. One of the things I didn't touch upon is it may be quite difficult to get down to 0.5% given what Boris Johnson has said about giving away excess vaccines. The value… (View Post)

Yes - that's it. If you wanted to cut to 0.5%, you could do so in a much more strategic way by doing it gradually. It's not only multilateral programmes - DFID will have signed multi-year c… (View Post)

Right - but some of that won't count as ODA because State Department spends money on lots of other things, e.g. consular services, embassy construction & maintenance, military aid which is n… (View Post)