• Visitors can check out the Forum FAQ by clicking this link. You have to register before you can post: click the REGISTER link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. View our Forum Privacy Policy.
  • Want to receive the latest contracting news and advice straight to your inbox? Sign up to the ContractorUK newsletter here. Every sign up will also be entered into a draw to WIN £100 Amazon vouchers!

EU demands 44 billion to start trade negotiations

Collapse
X
  •  
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

    EU demands 44 billion to start trade negotiations

    Brexit news - EU demands £44 BILLION to start trade talks reports German media | Politics | News | Express.co.uk

    Is the UK ready to pay its legal obligations

    I'm alright Jack

    #2
    Who decides what is legal and what is not?

    Comment


      #3
      Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
      Who decides what is legal and what is not?
      Whoever holds the cards.

      Comment


        #4
        Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
        Who decides what is legal and what is not?
        Do keep up, that's what the last 10 months of negotiations have been settling. Don't worry, David Davis has it all under control on our behalf and has a clear roadmap and negotiating strategy.

        Comment


          #5
          It's weird though - a few months ago, the press were saying it would be £100bn and the remainers revelled in glee at that.

          And now another made up number of 44bn. As long as they are our obligations and they can show that they are legitimate, and not simply punitive, then fair's fair.

          I suspect the final number will be somewhere between 20bn and 44bn.
          Taking a break from contracting

          Comment


            #6
            Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
            Not legal, just a demand. A bit like me asking for the £50k I think you owe me. You've got 'til Friday...
            His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

            Comment


              #7
              Originally posted by chopper View Post
              It's weird though - a few months ago, the press were saying it would be £100bn and the remainers revelled in glee at that.

              And now another made up number of 44bn. As long as they are our obligations and they can show that they are legitimate, and not simply punitive, then fair's fair.

              I suspect the final number will be somewhere between 20bn and 44bn.
              Another one that can't keep up. It's not a made-up number, these are the figures that David Davis has been spending months working through in detail with Barnier and are being leaked by the EU.

              20bn, 44bn, 100bn, it doesn't really matter. Once we're out we'll be so much better off that will look like chump change.

              Comment


                #8
                Originally posted by meridian View Post
                Once we're out we'll be so much better off that will look like chump change.
                Hard Brexit now!
                #prayfornodeal

                Comment


                  #9
                  Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
                  Depends - is that your/their final answer?

                  Or is it £16 billion less than you/they originally thought and were posting about? (March)
                  http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...st2386030.html


                  Or is it only £6 billion less? (May)
                  http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...st2410478.html


                  or is it £16 billion less again? (May)
                  http://forums.contractoruk.com/brexi...st2415500.html


                  Or is it only £56 billion less (July - Oct)
                  http://forums.contractoruk.com/brexi...st2447815.html
                  http://forums.contractoruk.com/brexi...st2464532.html
                  http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...ml#post2472434
                  http://forums.contractoruk.com/brexi...ml#post2480802


                  or is it £16 billion less again? (Oct)
                  http://forums.contractoruk.com/brexi...ml#post2486670


                  Is this where Brexiteers should insert your usual emoticon and call you a complete melt, tell you to stfu until the actual definitive amount is formally published, rather than repeat the random musings/brainfarts of newspaper editors?


                  what is it you usually like to say at this point?

                  oh dear
                  deary me
                  deary deary me

                  Originally posted by Old Greg
                  I admit I'm just a lazy, lying cretinous hypocrite and must be going deaf
                  ♕Keep calm & carry on♕

                  Comment


                    #10
                    So it appears the Brexit papers have revised the figure from 100billion to the various other levels in between, and each time they come up with a new figure they still provide no evidence to back up their wild claims.

                    But I did notice that this winter the Express is only saying it will be the coldest in 5 years, not their usual 50.

                    They really do make all their numbers up in an effort to sell the fiction they call news. Who is stupid enough to fall for it?

                    Just to clarify:
                    http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...ore-money.html

                    http://forums.contractoruk.com/brexi...ml#post2464448
                    …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

                    Comment

                    Working...
                    X