The CEO of the Evangelical Alliance has criticised the federal government’s plan to spice up defence spending by cutting back on international aid.
Gavin Calver appeared to concede that “difficult decisions” were crucial in the present climate, but added that he believed Keir Starmer’s decision would ultimately “make the world more unsafe”.
Calver claimed that British national security is a “global issue” relatively than a purely national one. By supporting international development, Britain could, in Calver’s view, see “long-term advantages on a world scale”.
“The biblical principle to share one’s wealth with those that have less is how we seek the peace and prosperity each for others and in addition for ourselves.”
Calver warned that cutting back on international aid will lead “to further destabilisation and conflict”, adding that such conflict could even emerge in Britain if the federal government continues on its current course.
Calver concluded his statement saying that he was praying for peace and for wisdom and justice for the British government and eventually, “for individuals who will probably be damaged and harmed by this decision, that God’s kindness and mercy will shield them where we have now did not”.
Faith within the efficacy of international aid, has recently been shaken by revelations related to USAID, the arm of the US government accountable for international aid.
While also carrying out real aid work, vast sums have been spent by USAID and other arms of the US government, not on aid, but on promoting LGBTQ ideology around the globe and on funding journalists allegedly working within the interests of the US regime.
Britain’s most well-known LGBTQ organisation, Stonewall, has reportedly had it’s funding from the US government cut. In the last three years Stonewall has received half one million kilos from the US government and now, in accordance with the times, may find yourself having to put off half of its staff.
Apologist and evangelist David Robertson has defended the cuts after questionable spending priorities got here to light.
“USAID? It sounds wonderful. Billions of US dollars going to assist the poor, the ravenous and the sick. Only a cruel-hearted fascist could object and even seek to cancel it. Donald Trump’s recent government is now accused of enabling billionaires to rob the poor – through Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). But dig beneath the outraged tweets and a most astonishing story involves light. It is nearly unbelievable,” he wrote.
“What do they spend the cash on? The purpose is to advertise soft power. Although there was good work done in real aid, significant sums were spent supporting foreign NGOs who would further the goals of the US government – largely the cultural imperialistic goals of the progressives who consider that their social doctrines alone are valid.”
