Why did broke Britain, even consider giving money to developing nations (including China!) at Copenhagen?

Sheer madness, the same kind that sees us handing over £380,000,000 in aid to India when they have just bought 3 new aircraft carriers, hundreds of tanks, are a nuclear power and have sent a rocket into space. We feed their poor while their government act like a first world country on our money.

The same government who have slashed job creation spending while ring-fencing millions to support infrastructure and training in the ex-Soviet republics.

We are a piss-ant country, no longer a big player and our free handed government need to realise that and start to look after their own people first.

We even gave £800 million to India last year to tackle poverty!

Now you probably think no harm in that right?

India are currently building their own Aircraft Carriers, We can barely build two new ones.

Wensleydale can't answer a Question without sounding like a condescending ****.

Because Gordon Brown just can't help himself.

Witness:

Deep intake of breath.

"So that is why, today, it gives me great pleasure to announce that Britain will be putting/giving £x (fill in amount) to ,,,,,,,,,,,"

Look around the room with a worrying sycophantic smile and await applause.

Unfortunately Gordon is hooked on that 'feel good factor' when his giving tax-payer money away.

How much more of his 'great pleasure' will we see?

Gordon Brown has lost his marbles. He is a Mrs Jellicoe figure if you have ever read your Dickens. He has turned Britain into a Dickensian nightmare of a country.

Because it would ensure a "favorite nation status" for Britain with any agreements and commercial trade.

Gordon Brown is desperate, its a bribe

because we are not broke,we are still the fifth richest country in the world, this tiny island .

if we dont give money to the develpoing countires, they will allleave their countires and come here, in their millions.

so to stem the flow

the people giving our money away weren't the ones who earned it so don't give a damn.

Have you never heard of climate change? Whats more important to you, your way of life or the survival of the planet?

Climate change is real and happening. We need to ensure that we need to cut co2 and if we let the developing nations manufacture our goods then we need to ensure they do it in a low carbon way.