Foreign Aid farce......

[alfinyalcabo]

We must have the most intelligent posters on the Footymad network? Believe it or not I am also a qualified accountant.

Turf Accountant ?

[Arundelred]

We must have the most intelligent posters on the Footymad network? Believe it or not I am also a qualified accountant.

Turf Accountant ? [/quote]

What do you have to do to qualify to be one of them ?

[lazaat]

We must have the most intelligent posters on the Footymad network? Believe it or not I am also a qualified accountant.

Turf Accountant ? [/quote]

I wonder how bookies came to be called that Alf?

[AnagRam]

Blimey Rog...don't build anything on my figures...beyond being able to balance my own finances I'm a self confessed economic inadequate. My understanding is that the foreign aid budget equates to less than 1% of outlay and closer to 0.7% which is where my initial figures came from.
Beyond that all I understand is that 0.7% - 1% is a tiny percentage and not something to be either be proud of or get worked up about.
I'm genuinely astonished to learn that our contribution to the EU is somewhere between 0.5 - 1.5% though and while I accept there are other considerations, it does - in the grand scheme of things - seem like a relatively trifling proportion of our collective outgoings.
To put it into perspective, if I go out with £200 in my pocket, the spending of £1.00 - £3.00 isn't going to be a massive concern, but maybe that's why I'm not an accountant...and don't foresee ever having enough to need one.

[AfghanRam]

You support is touching!!!!

My point was to highlight cost creep, as an accountant you will be expected to challange and resist all costs.

I save around £150k a year as an P&FM just by challenging and shopping around, thats the private sector as you well know -maximising profit and minimizing loss.

Tax payers money is not treated with the same respect, you could half the countries running costs with the right people in the right roles.

Whats a P&FM?

Oh wait, just seen your answer to same question. this explains the "caretaker" jibes beloved by certain moderators[/quote]

Its certainly does, clearly envious and probably not satisfied with their lot!!!! ;-)

[Arundelred]

'kin 'ell Rog...don't build anything on my figures...beyond being able to balance my own finances I'm a self confessed economic inadequate. My understanding is that the foreign aid budget equates to less than 1% of outlay and closer to 0.7% which is where my initial figures came from.
Beyond that all I understand is that 0.7% - 1% is a tiny percentage and not something to be either be proud of or get worked up about.
I'm genuinely astonished to learn that our contribution to the EU is somewhere between 0.5 - 1.5% though and while I accept there are other considerations, it does - in the grand scheme of things - seem like a relatively trifling proportion of our collective outgoings.
To put it into perspective, if I go out with £200 in my pocket, the spending of £1.00 - £3.00 isn't going to be a massive concern, but maybe that's why I'm not an accountant...and don't foresee ever having enough to need one.

To keep things simple rea

[Acido]

Yes Laz I think we should take a big 'online' stick to the pair of these detention seekers.

Lets rip them both a new one and force them to wear each others team shirt.... for 2 days

[AfghanRam]

I'd rather eat my own excrement than wear a florist shirt!!!!!!!!

[swaledale]

I'd rather eat my own excrement than wear a florist shirt!!!!!!!!

Be careful what you wish for!!

[Arundelred]

I'd rather eat my own excrement than wear a florist shirt!!!!!!!!

That'll save scooping it up, putting it in a bag and placing it in a bin. I imagine the shirts of twice winners of the European Cup are sacred and they wouldn't allow any Tom, **** or Harry to wear them. They look much better than the current Derby ones which is just an invitation to be obese.