EU demands 44 billion to start trade negotiations

[BlasterBates]

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

[BrilloPad]

Who decides what is legal and what is not?

[northernladyuk]

Who decides what is legal and what is not?

Whoever holds the cards.

[meridian]

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.

[chopper]

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.

[Mordac]

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

Not legal, just a demand. A bit like me asking for the £50k I think you owe me. You've got 'til Friday...

[meridian]

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.

[sasguru]

Once we're out we'll be so much better off that will look like chump change.

[Bean]

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

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

[WTFH]

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