Thread: Brexit: Article 50 Has Been Triggered !
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Old 04-05-2017, 11:02   #1538
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Re: Brexit: Article 50 Has Been Triggered !
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Originally Posted by jonbxx View Post
We will be paying something after Brexit but not €100bn. That's the EU going in high and will be massively helpful for the UK negotiating team as there is wriggle room here. My guess - we will pay around €40bn. This will be classed as a victory for the UK, saving face in front of Murdoch, Dacre, etc.

Notably, nothing of substance has come from the UK team to date and I look forward to seeing what our official position will be. I would hope something will be in the Conservative manifesto but I suspect not, especially if it's a 'soft' approach. Also of note is that the only thing we have heard on the official government position is through the leak to FAZ which the government s not happy about but have not denied is a true picture apart from 'not recognising'.
I think €40bn is closer to what the EU is actually aiming for, but they won't get it. Where is the deduction in their calculations for what we have put into the investment bank, for example?

As I said before, there are two sides to the balance sheet. We owe them, but they owe us.
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