Shocked, Shocked I tell you EU edition

[Eirikur]

The 2015 Economic Benefit to the UK from the British Monarchy was £1.155 Billion.

Don't hear you complaining about that.

net benefit of EU membership is worth 4-5% of GDP to the UK, or £62bn-£78bn per year. So well deserved private jet flight for Juncker and 5 of his colleagues. Why do brexiteers complain?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a6850626.html

[northernladyuk]

net benefit of EU membership is worth 4-5% of GDP to the UK, or £62bn-£78bn per year. So well deserved private jet flight for Juncker and 5 of his colleagues. Why do brexiteers complain?

What has the European Union ever done for us? | The Independent

It is entirely possible (and IME true) that the UK benefits from the EU, and that the Eurocrats spend taxpayers' money in an unjustifiably lavish way.

[rl4engc]

net benefit of EU membership is worth 4-5% of GDP to the UK, or £62bn-£78bn per year

In 2014, the ONS reported that the EU, which is the world’s biggest economy

Bulltulip, it's moribund!

[northernladyuk]

Bulltulip, it's moribund!

To what extent is market capitalisation an expression of economy?

[WTFH]

Can you provide a source for the data behind your graph and an explanation of what it is supposed to demonstrate, because it looks like a thing you shared the other day, which was all about the number of companies using the stock market, nothing to do with the economy.

[northernladyuk]

Can you provide a source for the data behind your graph and an explanation of what it is supposed to demonstrate, because it looks like a thing you shared the other day, which was all about the number of companies using the stock market, nothing to do with the economy.

It is something to do with the economy, but it doesn't appear to challenge the statement that in 2014 the EU was the world's biggest economy.

[WTFH]

It is something to do with the economy, but it doesn't appear to challenge the statement that in 2014 the EU was the world's biggest economy.

Sorry, you're correct, it potentially has something to do with the economy, but it is meaningless without an understanding of where the original data came from and what it represents.

[northernladyuk]

Sorry, you're correct, it potentially has something to do with the economy, but it is meaningless without an understanding of where the original data came from and what it represents.

rl4engc doesn't worry too much about the detail.

[WTFH]

Shocked, Shocked I tell you EU edition

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statist...4_and_2014.png

http://static1.businessinsider.com/i...ia-gdp-ppp.png

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statist...DP%2C_2011.jpg

[darmstadt]

I popped over the Leave website to have a look at their figures...I think they have it nailed