The UK has spent 12.5 billion pounds on Ukraine in the last 28 months, which at around 5.4 billion per year is 0.4% of the UK's budget. That's not an elephant in the room, it's a mouse under the fridge.

It's not being mentioned because it isn't significant. The downvotes are because obvious disinformation is obvious.

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hmm 12.5Billion pounds eh? How much would it cost to "keep the lights on" in Birmingham do you reckon?

[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago

They could always tax the rich, but sure, let's pretend that the only possible option is the one that helps Russia.

There's a reason why that government is polling so low that it may not even be the opposition in two weeks.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

15% of UK households went hungry as of February this year, I'm pretty sure 12.5 BILLION pounds could've done a lot of them, but instead that money was spent in Ukraine. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/27/health-emergency-15-of-uk-households-went-hungry-last-month-data-shows

The deplorable regime in UK doesn't give a shit about its own people, let alone Ukrainians.