Let's not send £350M to the NHS for 125 weeks

[northernladyuk]

You can't have a cake and eat it, that's not a possible positive outcome, it's a fantasy.

You can go whistle with that saboteur attitude.

[tomtomagain]

You can't have a cake and eat it, that's not a possible positive outcome, it's a fantasy.

Really? I've often had cake and eaten it.

In fact, you cannot eat a cake unless you have cake. Having a cake is a prerequisite to eating said cake.

Of course you don't have to eat all the cake yourself. You can cut it into 28 slices and give them to your friends if you wish.

Personally, I'd rather have my own cake and eat it. The friends can bring their own cakes.

[BlasterBates]

Let them eat cake, no downside at all, they should have done this years ago.

[northernladyuk]

Really? I've often had cake and eaten it.

In fact, you cannot eat a cake unless you have cake. Having a cake is a prerequisite to eating said cake.

Of course you don't have to eat all the cake yourself. You can cut it into 28 slices and give them to your friends if you wish.

Personally, I'd rather have my own cake and eat it. The friends can bring their own cakes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_ca...ake_and_eat_it

HTH

[tomtomagain]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_ca...ake_and_eat_it

HTH

Thanks, I never knew that Wikipedia would have an entry on it and hadn't already googled the expression and read the article. 1538 eh? Who'd have thought it was that old.

[Mordac]

hmmm can't delete my post

More's the pity.
How much do you think we'd have been in for if Italy/Spain/Greece etc needed bailing out (again)?
£45bn, much as it sickens me to be sending them what basically amounts to a ransom demand, in the long run will seem very cheap indeed.

[AtW]

How much do you think we'd have been in for if Italy/Spain/Greece etc needed bailing out (again)?

Same amount as it is now or after Brexit - UK is on the hook via membership of IMF, where as members of EuroZone would pick up the rest of the tab.

[original PM]

Same amount as it is now or after Brexit - UK is on the hook via membership of IMF, where as members of EuroZone would pick up the rest of the tab.

So would being in the EU negate what we would have to pay for being in the IMF or would we essentially 'pay' twice?

[darmstadt]

More's the pity.
How much do you think we'd have been in for if Italy/Spain/Greece etc needed bailing out (again)?
£45bn, much as it sickens me to be sending them what basically amounts to a ransom demand, in the long run will seem very cheap indeed.

Weren't they bailed out by the Eurozone of which the UK is not a part of or could you provide some figures of how much the UK paid out?

[AtW]

So would being in the EU negate what we would have to pay for being in the IMF or would we essentially 'pay' twice?

Being in EU won't negate responsibilities that come with IMF membership.