It meant a clause requiring states to aid in connecting remote communities will not now be enforced, removing any obligation or commitment for the government to work with communities such as St Helena.

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If it developed an indigenous population, looking after that population its elderly, its unemployed, and so on would be a new expenditure, probably for the department of international development, which deals with such issues on St Helena.

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All we need is a small airstrip that will enable flights to move between St Helena and Ascension Island.

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