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Old 28-10-2014, 09:55   #87
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Re: EU demand extra £1.7bn from UK

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Originally Posted by Horizon View Post
What Cameron should have highlighted is the massive rebate we get back from the EU, the one that was negotiated by Thatcher. We pay less into the EU per head of population than anyone else in the EU.
Because we get demonstrably less back per head of population (why did the other countries agree to it otherwise)

As net contributors to the EU your claim that we pay less is a red herring

If we pay £10 in and get £5 back and somebody else pays £15 but gets £20 back, we get a worse deal
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