Charities should rely on all the goodwill they can get - not glitzy ad campaigns that will line MPs pockets
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"Often some of the things charities campaign for are at odds with their own stated aims." "Christian Aid are among the worst offenders. They complain of ‘continued use of controversial economic policy conditions, such as trade liberalisation and privatisation’ in developing countries. Perhaps they prefer state ownership of land as the model for Christian harmony and feeding the hungry? Their campaign for collectivism and protectionism is a formula for famine. They have also taken an interest in Middle East politics which is predictably one-sided, piling the blame onto Israel."