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Originally Posted by jfman
The same could be said for all forms of taxation. Scotland’s oil etc.
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Any money the the EU "gives"(ie returns) to us is taken off the rebate. The rebate is 66% off the difference between what we're expected to pay(£350m+/week) and what we get back. Two-thirds of the EU project funding has come straight off the top of our rebate, then add in our net contributions and instances where the nation state is expected to match funding, and it must be well over 75% of the EU money has come from us in the first place.
Eg Expected to pay out £300m,due £200m rebate, then get £30m EU funding and the rebate drops to £180m. We have to pay an extra £20m to get £30m back. Not saying we should get everything back, but it means the EU funding figures are very misleading. It also means the UK pays a lot more for it's EU funded projects than other EU countries, including Germany.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union’s budget chief Guenther Oettinger said on Friday Britain would lose its rebate even in the “pleasant but improbable” event of it staying in the bloc. ...
After Brexit, the EU wants to wind down in stages all the rebates, including those that the Netherlands or Denmark enjoy. The bloc’s executive European Commission has proposed to have none in the next common budget for 2021-2024.
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In other words, even if the referendum had decided "remain", we would end up losing the rebate and the £350m/week figure would be TRUE.
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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees
It does, the ballot should have been explicit in detail.
If a DIY store offers you the choice of a copper or a plastic pipe. you then select one
You don't then get to kick off if it's the wrong size or fitment, you should have asked and made sure at the time of purchase.
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Well, apart from, freedom of movement, right to reside, protection of food standards, collaboration on scientific research, cheaper travel. workers rights. too name but a few.
Yup, we are not getting anything from the romans , sorry, the EU
It's not always about a fiscal benefit.
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On balance freedom of movement and right to reside do not benefit us since the Eastern European countries joined.
Travel is more expensive because of EU regulations. The extra costs imposed have to come from somewhere.
We could've decided our own food standards which at times are higher than EU standards, yet we have to accept the "sub-standard" EU products.
The UK has scientific collaborations with countries all around the world.
We could legislatively be very lazy and simply match EU regulations, but allow our own minor differences.
Basically your list is negative impacts, or things we could and did have our own rules, or things that will continue to happen anyway.