£50M A DAY EU BILL

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.express.co...n-s-50m-a-day-EU-bill

/// BRITAIN poured a colossal £18.5billion into EU coffers last year - the equivalent of more than £50m a day.///

/// “David Cameron has ignored the will of the people by denying them a referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU, and now these figures will just rub salt in the wounds. How can the Prime Minister still say it is within our interests to remain in the EU?” ///

Can this country still afford paying out these large sums of money to what is after all a sinking ship?

[kinell]

we voted yes in the 70's to join the club,

its less than a quid a day per person..........

obviously we are happy to continue to bail out the lazy feckless grabbers ..

its not as if we dont have enough of those here already and pouring in..

spose we could have a vote on it????

i think that is what is known as a referendum.....an elusive and presumably extinct part of democracy....

shut up and pay you suckers!

[Messi_Ten]

£18.5 billion isn't a lot in the grand scheme of things. France and Germany pay a lot more, you never hear them whinging.

[MaryDou]

This along with ring-fencing money for foreign aid makes us wonder if David Cameron is not from some other planet. We managed just fine before trading, as we did, with the rest of the world. After all we are only meant to be trading partners but somehow we are being drawn even more into subsidising bankrupt Eurozone countries. All the "directives" we get from Europe become law here - whereas in other countries they simply reject laws they do not like. Retirement age varies greatly in all EU countries yet we are now demanding that our own people work until they are at least 67? What!!!The sooner we are out the better for all of us.

[anotheoldgit]

/// Wealthier countries such as the UK
put in more than they get back; whereas poorer countries, such as most of the newer EU members, are net ‘gainers’.///

/// The largest recipient of EU funds in 2004 was Spain (€ 16.4 billion) ahead of the the populous member states, France (€ 12.9 billion), Germany (€11.7 billion), Italy (€10.4 billion), and the UK (€7.1 billion). ///

Seems like in 2004 we were at the back of the queue even then, and I don't think things have changed since.

[emmie]

18.5 billion not a lot, heaven almighty, that's more than the budget i suspect to keep our armed forces fed, clothed, armed. What they signed up for way back then wasn't what we have now. And you do hear them whinging, listen to Angela merkel, sarkhozy, and more importantly the public, as they are the ones paying through the nose for this folly. One german chap interviewed on the news says he didn't want germany to keep on bailing out Greece, and his friends nodded in agreement. So in that much at least we agree. Ask Joe public in Britain and i am sure he/she will say the same

[Messi_Ten]

Joe Public is the last person to ask, he knows very little.

[Old_Geezer]

"We voted yes in the 70's to join the club"

Actually we did nothing of the sort. We voted "yes" to staying in a common market which was described as a trading block where standards would be brought together to aid trade.

We had already been pushed in without the public's agreement. And it later transpired it was all lies. It wasn't a trading block but a commitment to become a union. It is a prime example of how much authorities can be trusted.

[Old_Geezer]

Joe Public should therefore be properly informed. In any case, in a democracy it matter little how ignorant the majority is, merely that their will is acted upon.

[Messi_Ten]

OG, it does matter how ignorant the majority is. If left to their own devices, they'd be on the streets with pitchforks.

[Brenden]

Messi, a demorcratic government should be the voice of the people.

[emmie]

messi, you really should take a history lesson or two, you might learn something.

[Old_Geezer]

If the majority decision is to be on the street with pitchforks (which I doubt since that seems to suggest a major disagrement with what has been decided/imposed) then that would be the democratic decision. Can you get one from Amazon, bacause I don't presently own one, and shouldn't miss out ?

[emmie]

OG, i suspect you can, after all it's a weapon of choice for the old country folk, down on the old farm, eh arrr, or however that goes.

[emmie]

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