A billion pounds?

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babysimon: "You could do a lot of good with £1bn"

How would you spend a billion pounds in order to do good? You can't spend it on yourself or your friends.

Comments

[henry_the_cow]

Could I start by demolishing the Appleton Tower?

I thought briefly about the proposed UK high-speed train line, but £1bn could only fund 1/33 of it, so that's a non-starter.

I'd like to act as a business angel for hi-tech start ups in Central Scotland.

But to really do good, I think the money would be best spent in research and campaigning to mitigate the causes and effects of global warming. Other problems can be dealt with later, but if we don't deal with that one now, we'll be toast.