Whilst the austerity squeeze is being put on at home, Guido thought it a little odd that the UK taxpayer was expected to borrow hundreds of milllions to send to India whilst they boost the Indian space program and equip their aircraft carriers, which we can’t afford to do. Fiscal insanity.

Last Thursday Guido and a very grateful Indian spaceman went to an aid conference to lobby Mitchell on this very subject. Left-wing agitators were outraged that we even raised the issue, trying to imply it was racist to question foreign aid to a growing economic superpower. In what must be the cheapest and shortest successful single-issue lobbying campaign in history, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell has announced that aid to India will be stopped. A good day for the British taxpayer, a bad day for the Indian Space Programme..

UPDATE: Guido tried to interview the Indian Spaceman just now, but he was too emotional, holding his head in his hands, weeping. He was just too choked up to talk…