Because we think that levelling the playing field a bit by providing some funding to less wealthy nations in our locality will help them up the ladder a bit and provide stronger, richer customers for our businesses and industries.
When did isolationism ever work? Albania under Hoxha? North Korea under the Kims? I'd say UKIP are barking up the wrong tree, but they haven't even got the scent of the squirrel yet, let alone sight of the woods.
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