John Major condemns ‘callous’ aid cuts and growing national self-interest

In wide-ranging lecture, former PM calls Trump and Xi destabilising and says benefits of Brexit remain elusiveJohn Major has condemned cuts to overseas aid as “callous” and shortsighted, in a blistering speech that took aim at leaders obsessed by national self-interest and explicitly linked Donald Trump with Xi Jinping as the world’s main destabilising forces.Arguing that his age and lack of connection to everyday politics gave him the ability to speak freely, the former prime minister said Trump’s reliance on threats would embolden tyrants, and said the supposed benefits of Brexit were “as elusive as Lord Lucan”. Continue reading...

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