The Eu - The Gift That Keeps Giving (Literally)

[Khandro]

In Michael Crick's biography of Nigel Farage; 'One Party After Another', he points out that in 2027 when Farage hits sixty-three, "the gravy train will pull back into the station", & he will start to draw down a pension of £63,400 per year for the rest of his life.
Does this surprise you?

[ToraToraTora]

Khandro: "Thanks Atheist, I hope TTT reads it, he seems to think Nige really deserves his rewards " where have I said that? He's got what he is allowed under the rules. What are you suggesting the rules are different for those that are not good EUSSR bunnies? How odd the world would be under your stewardship me old china?

[THECORBYLOON]

TORATORATORA, "thanks largely to Lord Farage you won't have to pay any more for the EUSSR machine!"

You're wrong, the UK is contributing toward the EU still.

"From January 2021, there was about £25bn left to pay by 2057, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), almost £18bn of which will be paid in the first five years."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/51110096

[New Judge]

//"From January 2021, there was about £25bn left to pay by 2057,//

Indeed Corby. But had we remained, the amount payable in those 36 years would probably be at least £360bn and probably a lot more than that, bearing in mind the official candidate nations are Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia. I've not included Turkey (whose application has been frozen) or Ukraine (who, apparently signed up today to begin their formal application). None of these nations are awash with money and if they are to become accustomed to the EU's largesse with its donor nations' cash, I expect our £10bn a year or thereabouts would have been way too little.

[douglas9401]

About the same as the eventual bill for HS2 then?

[New Judge]

Except that as a result of spending money on that we get a new railway line.

[douglas9401]

Money pit either way though.

There are many projects from the recent past that still bear signage telling of European funding, it wasn't all a one-way street.

[ToraToraTora]

doug "There are many projects from the recent past that still bear signage telling of European funding, it wasn't all a one-way street. " - yes it was, we paid X, on us they spent X/n of our own money. ie we were a net contributor, end of.

[Togo]

Why do you think that the MPs that were voted out of office here, or turfed out by their own party bosses, were all falling over themselves to get chosen to join the gravy train? A scheme that was, and is, a bribery for support ponzi operation? Those who were not in attendance in Brussels, officialy, did its bidding for reward. Kinnock, Blair, May, Major, and many many more would have sold us down the river for their 40 pieces of silver.

[douglas9401]

Righto.

VQAB5c (retd). x

[youngmafbog]

Is it just Mr Farage you dont want to get it is it a comment across the board?

[Khandro]

TTT. //Khandro: "Thanks Atheist, I hope TTT reads it, he seems to think Nige really deserves his rewards " where have I said that? //

You said ; "Not nearly enough [Nigel's pension] in my opinion." 14:10 Tue 01st Mar 2022


And then, ' "doing so little" - he did a huge amount! He was an MEP for 21 years for gawd sake! 14:15 Tue 01st Mar 2022 '

Perhaps you should see your doctor 'me old China', you may be showing signs of that ..... what's it called ... 'old timer's disease'?

[THECORBYLOON]

Is VQAB5C the extreme wing of the VBQC?

[douglas9401]

Apologies, I was working from memory and disdain.

[THECORBYLOON]

It's all tautological anyway...

[douglas9401]

Well it wasn't tautome.