Thread: EU demand extra £1.7bn from UK
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Old 16-09-2015, 09:36   #214
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Re: EU demand extra £1.7bn from UK
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Originally Posted by Derek View Post
You know that 1.7 billion that Dave and George said they wouldn't pay, was outrageous and loudly proclaimed that they had halved?

That seems to have worked out well for them.



http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...ing-by-cameron

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Bodes well for the renegotiated EU before the referendum.
If my memory serves me correctly, it was the unexpected nature of this payment that was the main issue. We had no option but to pay it under the existing rules, but David Cameron said we should have had more notice.
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