Jim, //The EU budget is rather a lot bigger than the UK's contribution. //
Yes, we know.
//Your entire argument seems based on ignoring this, and seems determined to make it look like the UK's money is the only thing keeping the EU together – and that, without it, they would fall. //
I didn’t say that ... I didn’t even hint at that … not a bit … not even vaguely...
// Perhaps that is a slight exaggeration, but only a slight one.//
No, Jim, it is not an exaggeration – not even a slight one. It is simply not true and there’s a word for statements that simply aren’t true. Your constant penchant for misrepresentation does you no favours, Jim. It becomes a ruse so familiar that it eventually obliges the sensible reader to question the validity of everything you say and to ask what more is a product of fantasy and spin? Bit like the bible really. Who, in all honesty, can claim it’s a book of truth when so many demonstrable discrepancies exist? That’s where I’m at with your posts, Jim. Waste of time.