Ethiopian farmer given taxpayers' money to sue Britain... for sending international aid to his homeland
Farmer claims UK aid is used to prop up repressive Ethiopian regime He says regime has driven thousands of farmers from their land UK has spent £1.3billion pouring aid into Ethiopia to help alleviate poverty He has been given legal aid despite lodging the court papers from Kenya By JAMES SLACK and IAN DRURY PUBLISHED: 15:33 GMT, 14 July 2014 | UPDATED: 16:17 GMT, 14 July 2014 305 shares 399 View comments An Ethiopian farmer was today given permission to use thousands of pounds of taxpayer’s money to sue the British government…for sending international aid to his homeland. The ‘farcical case’ – which has provoked fury at Westminster - will be entirely funded by the British public. The UK taxpayer must pick up the bill for both the farmer’s lawyers and a defence team from the Department for International Development. International Development Secretary Justine Greening is being forced to defend the Government over claims that