Not bullies

THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) has no plans to withhold aid from Barbados if it refuses to decriminalize buggery.
This assurance came yesterday from the new ambassador, Mikael Barfod, who said the EU preferred to engage in dialogue with nations, rather than impose conditionalities.
The ambassador was responding to questions about British Prime Minister David Cameron’s threat last year to withhold aid from governments that did not reform legislation banning homosexuality.
Cameron had indicated that those receiving British aid should “adhere to proper human rights”.
At that time, a British diplomat said Barbados was not in any immediate danger of losing aid since there were no bilateral programmes between Britain and the island.