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UK govt. slammed for Holocaust funding

Wednesday, 28 January 2015 2:15 PM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 28 January 2015 2:25 PM ]

Chancellor George Osborne said the government will allocate £50mn to a new Holocaust center.

A London-based political commentator has criticized the British government’s decision to allocate £50million to a new Holocaust memorial and education center as the country undergoes painful austerity measures.

“I think this new measure announced by the British government is a pretty startling one given that so many austerity measures have been adopted so far…, Hafsa Kara-Mustapha told Press TV on Tuesday.

The comments by the London-based political commentator came a day after Chancellor George Osborne announced that the government will contribute £50 million towards a new Holocaust memorial and education center.

Osborne told British MPs that the establishment of the new memorial and education centre has been recommended by the cross-party Holocaust Commission.

British author and journalist, Alan Hart has also criticized the government’s decision. He believes many Britons are against spending such a great deal of money on Holocaust memorial.

“I would imagine that quite a lot of British people would say why are they spending £50 million on this today?”

Meanwhile, British commentator Hafsa Kara-Mustapha believes that the taxpayer money should be spent to meet public needs rather than something in which "Britain has had no role."

“Actually to introduce such a big expense in which actually Britain played no role. Historically, it might be understandable for countries like Germany, or France or Italy… This is a sum of money that could be going towards opening a new school, increasing salary for nurses, to build at least one or two hospitals.”

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