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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Well, maybe a bit of poetic licence was used there, but potentially, our rebate could be withdrawn, and so the £350,000 could be the figure we'd be liable to pay to the EU. However, regardless of whether you go by the net or the gross figure, the amount of money we are currently sending to the EU is huge and better spent on our priorities, and the NHS is one example of that.
I, for one, saw that as an example and not a commitment, as some insist. The Leave campaigners were of mixed political colours and therefore obviously had differences between them as to how the money could be spent. They were not in a position to commit the Government of the day, quite honestly. They were not there to write a manifesto!
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Correct, the 'deceit' was in the sum mentioned (net v gross etc) but there never was a pledge, just an aspiration as to how that money could be used. A campaign group isn't in a position to pledge anything and everyone knows that. Only governments can do that and it certainly wasn't one of Cameron and Osborne's - they were too busy trying to scare people into staying in.