Figures released today EU president Junckers in the first two months (January and February) of 2016 he ran up a bill for transport and hotel bills at a staggering £451k if that's for the first two months what did he run up for the year.
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Figures released today EU president Junckers in the first two months (January and February) of 2016 he ran up a bill for transport and hotel bills at a staggering £451k if that's for the first two months what did he run up for the year.
FAR too much, whatever the amount is!
So who's lying on the side of the bus the cost of us being in the EU was 350 million a week which was desputed by remainers yet this think tank have come out with a figure exceeding that
THE true cost to Britain of being in the EU has been £660million a week since 2010, a think tank says.
This includes more than £80billion lost to the Treasury after the European Court of Justice forced tax rebates to multinationals and £50billion in Eurozone bailout obligations.
In membership fees alone, after the rebate has been returned Britain has paid out £70.6billion in fees.
But the Bruges Groups says our real financial commitment is £275.08billion.
Well here's a surprise
REMOANER Gina Miller is set to make a packet out of Brexit as she is paid “an undisclosed sum” for her memoirs.
The super-wealthy hedge fund wife has become a household name after she launched a campaign to block Theresa May's Brexit plan.
In a high-profile case the stalwart remainer took her opposition to court and forced the Government to hold a vote in Parliament over the Brexit bill.
You think with all the problems she has had since she put her head above the parapet she would now keep a low profile.Just goes to show you a very intelligent woman but no common sense.
whilst the vote to leave was very close it is interesting to see that more than 70 per cent of Britons would slap down a Brexit bill of £30billion or more, according to new poll.Just how much Britain should pay Brussels – if anything at all – is a key sticking point of Brexit that must be thrashed out before the UK can start negotiating any future relationship with the EU.
Yet as public opinion hardens against giving the EU more money, voters seem to be willing to accept to offer a £10billion divorce settlement to the sprawling superstate.
Given the fact that the government can call upon some of the finest legal brains in the country, one would have thought that they would have taken legal advice on 1. Is there a financial penalty for leaving. 2. If so how much and 3. Do the European governments owe the UK., anything on leaving. Before starting the leaving process, thus avoiding the present poor performance and uncertainty.
I would pay them anything they asked for AFTER they have produced 40 years worth of signed off audited accounts!
I think if they did that, they would need to build a new Bastille for they would certainly have a few new guests to cater for.
Read somewhere that because of our level of contributions we are owed 1/14th of all assets!
MICHAEL HESELTINE blasted Brexit negotiations as “humiliating” saying they will reveal to Brits how “unwise” leaving the European Union is.
The staunch Remainer said the Labour party had now hedged its bets over Brexit and the Conservatives would need to change their approach or lose the public vote.
From a bloke who can't keep it in his trousers
Germans want Britain to stay, but France backs a Brexit, says poll
And yesterday they came out and ask the uk military to help deliver aid to the Caribbean and they have the cheek to say we want our cake and to eat it, seems to me me they want their croissants and to eat it
So now we know why Branson wanted to stay in the eu One of Britain's most successful entrepreneurs has revealed that Brexit has cost his business "tens of millions of pounds".Billionaire Richard Branson, the man behind an empire which has spanned airlines to record stores, revealed the cost months after he sold off a multimillion pound major stake in Virgin Atlantic to Air France-KLM.
I note that he has failed to mention the other member of the Air FRance, KLM consortium which I believe is British Airways.Quote:
Originally Posted by jones20
The EU's chief Brexit negotiator has said not enough progress has been made in divorce talks to begin discussing a future trade deal.
As I have said before what’s the point in talking to these people let’s just leave
Fully agree with you. We've given them billions over the years and Junker still wants more. His bar tab must be bigger than I first thought!
Reversing the Brexit process would boost the UK economy, the international economic body, the OECD has said.Strange that from an organisation that is funded by the EU we’ll take that bit of advice with a pinch of salt then
Someone enlighten me why is it that the EU can go ahead and nagotiate trade deals with other countries ie New Zealand ���� and Australia ���� and will not allow us to do the same before we leave surly what’s good for the goose is good for the gander
The trouble with the UK when it is the European block we have always gone by the book while the other members have do e as they please it is about time our government took it's nose out of the rule book and said look we are going we will negotiate with who ever where ever so kiss our **** and kick us fine us and we will not pay kick us out thank you bye bye
Billions of euros of British taxpayers' money could remain locked into an EU bank for more than thirty years after Brexit, the UK has been warned.
Alexander Stubb, vice president of the European Investment Bank - in which the UK is a 16% shareholder - said it would not be fully repaid until 2054.
Double standards or what they want our money up front before we leave yet the money we have in the Eu bank we may not be able to touch for 30 years As Boris Johnson says go whistle for it
The European Union is reportedly threatening to hold back Britain's fina l€5.6bn rebate payment from Brussels as part of negotiations over the so-called Brexit "divorce" bill.
European Council president Donald Tusk has set a deadline of the start of December for Britain to make further movement on the financial settlement in order to unlock trade talks.
But according to reports, Brussels negotiators have not provided clarity on the final rebate payment for 2018, which is due to come a year in arrears after Britain's scheduled exit from the EU on March 29 2019.
here we go again one law for one and one law for another can’t believe the PM is allegedly going to put a bigger offer on the table when this is their attitude just offer what we have offered which is reputed to be 20 billion which is 20 billion too much as far as I am concerned and take the 5.6 billion off that two can play their game
Bet thed 'Krauts' are behind this... need Mr Jones the butcher here, "they dont like it up em" [Cold Steel].
I agree, we are too damn soft with them. This Government needs to grow a pair, and tell them we need to progress or we walk.
THE EUROPEAN Union has finally admitted that without the UK’s sizeable contributions the bloated Brussels budget will collapse, a secret memo has revealed.
Confidential papers from the European Commission reveal that Brexit will slash the trade bloc’s budget by 16 per cent and could lead to a suspension of aid to some of Europe’s expectant countries.
Spain’s €37billion and Italy’s €43bn in structural funds from the EU could be drastically cut once the UK leaves the EU, while aid money to Greece, Portugal and Eastern European countries could also be at risk.
THERESA May’s £36billion Brexit divorce bill offer is not enough to move negotiations to phase two,EU diplomats have blasted.
Lets see what she does now as Joe says get the government to grow a pair and tell them where to stick it.There are many in the EU who seem to forget that they owe us their freedom and our price that we have paid lies in the war graves of our brave men and women throughout Europe
Five UK cities spent thousands of pounds putting together bids for the accolade, only to be told a year after the application deadline passed that they would not be considered because of Brexit.
However, the European bloc has awarded the title to non–EU countries in the past.
This just goes to show what an **** Junckers is
EUROPE has “considerably more to lose than previously thought” from a no deal Brexit which would cause more than 1.2 million people on the continent to lose their jobs, bombshell new analysis reveals today.
Fresh projections from experts show that the EU27’s economic output would be hit by 1.5 per cent if tariffs are imposed on trade, with Ireland, Belgium and Malta suffering the most proportionally.
Germany would shed the highest number of jobs overall with 290,000 people, most highly skilled workers in the car industry, being put out of work if EU leaders fail to strike an agreement with Britain.
That's why collectively they are trying to screw us for more and more money before they will talk business / trade. Then we also have Southern Ireland stirring the mix,Quote:
Originally Posted by jones20
I would have thought really could lose out without a share of that money.
So press reports state we are going to pay up to 89 billion eu divorces bill I voted to leave and have not changed my mind but that amount of money is just plain stupid.Where is Boris now with his “the eu can go whistle for it “ his silence is deafening.If May is just going to roll over on this then it’s about time we had a new PM with a bit of backbone
BRITISH taxpayers could end up forking out for free inter-rail passes for teenagers and improved Wi-Fi connections across Greece if the Government stumps up a £50 billion Brexit bill.
The eyewatering size of the settlement suggests Britain will be paying for a lot more than existing EU obligations such as pensions, insurance, borrowing and budget commitments.
And there are fears some of the billions being handed over in return for trade talks will be used to finance some of the more fanciful vanity projects dreamed up in Brussels.
BREXIT backing MEPs today reacted with fury after EU chiefs signed off on a gargantuan £140 billion budget for 2018.
Eurosceptics branded the vast spending “wasteful” and said British taxpayers should be “livid” at how their money is being spent.
Today the EU parliament formally adopted the spending plan for next year, which represents a £2.6 billion hike from 2017.
This budget is the last one that Britain will contribute to as a full member of the club, with the UK set to leave the EU in March 2019.
No accounting and no audit of how this money will be spent, which also avoids difficult questions. Member countries are filling their boots before the effects of the UK., leaving and drop in budget is felt. When the UK., leaves that will only leave Germany and France as the main budget contributors, to prop up the likes of Greece and former eastern bloc countries.Quote:
Originally Posted by jones20
Why is this on the site in the first place? I have views on this but this is totally wrong place to post them.
The post is in General Discussions, therefore it is the right place.
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Originally Posted by loos1915
Thats why why it’s called a forum
We all have our own views on this subject why not post them and join the discussion.Quote:
Originally Posted by loos1915
Hard border option with the 'Paddys' for me, not ideal but benefits the many over the few. Also it will stop the South trying to blackmail us by using their veto, they will have to sort out their side of the border out as well if they want to preserve the integrity of the EU's land border with the UK.
Brexit: EU will refuse to back UK over Falkland Islands in future UN votes , suggests former ambassador says it all they are just a bunch of ******
Keep reading about offering a second vote on the final Brexit deal but what no one seems to have voiced is if that happens and the vote says no to that deal and we remain in the EU do people think that the EU will welcome us back under the same deal we had before Brexit vote it will probably be yes welcome back you start using the euro next week and we are going to set your taxes etc , Wake up!!
INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund boss Christine Lagarde called for further progress during Brexit negotiations after revealing her organisation had upgraded the economic growth forecasts for most of the world but the United Kingdom.
strange it’s a French person saying this or am I being paranoid