Reply to: £750 each to be in the EU

[al_cam]

We contribute 3 billion more than we receive.

3 billion / 60 million = 50 Euro per capita.

So no, not £750.

To be fair, the article says per household, not per capita, there were 26.3M households in 2011 (source ONS)

[darmstadt]

Ah, Belgium:

[xoggoth]

Belgium!

Best mud in the world! Stopped a world war all on its own.

[darmstadt]

And exactly where are examples of this that have worked?

And whilst there have been no wars there will be an increase in public unrest around the regions that may leave a vacuum for another Margaret Thatcher to emerge.

FTFY

[DodgyAgent]

No they wouldn't.

Sometimes governments have to intervene in markets.

Oh and I thought the entire point of the EU project is to stop people in certain European countries starting a war with other European countries.

And exactly where are examples of this that have worked?

And whilst there have been no wars there will be an increase in public unrest around the regions that may leave a vacuum for another Hitler to emerge.

[Scoobos]

No they wouldn't.

Sometimes governments have to intervene in markets.

Oh and I thought the entire point of the EU project is to stop people in certain European countries starting a war with other European countries.

I must spread some rep about

[Scoobos]

There's not really a need to "redevelop areas". The ebb and flow of the market should do that automatically.

rofl... Go to south hetton, Cumbria, Bolton, Bradford, .... etc etc etc...

The "ebb and flow" of the market has mysteriously missed most of the north (Leeds excepted)

[Paddy]

Says the Daily Express.

Has anyone worked out where the money goes yet?

Now you pay £750 a year to be in the EU | UK News | Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express

There are 23,043 Euro civil servants. It seems a lot but Hampshire County Council has over 46,000.

[SueEllen]

Yes, interesting. Unfortunately The story doesn't tell me;
- who did this research?
- what methods did they use?
- which years were included in the research?
- how did they define expenditure on EU membership? What did they include, what did they leave out?
- do they mean an average per household or per year?

Don't spoil an Express story by asking for facts.

[Mich the Tester]

Says the Daily Express.

Has anyone worked out where the money goes yet?

Now you pay £750 a year to be in the EU | UK News | Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express

BRITAIN’S membership of the European Union is costing every household in the country an average of £750 a year, new research reveals

Yes, interesting. Unfortunately The story doesn't tell me;
- who did this research?
- what methods did they use?
- which years were included in the research?
- how did they define expenditure on EU membership? What did they include, what did they leave out?
- do they mean an average per household or per year?

[SueEllen]

There's not really a need to "redevelop areas". The ebb and flow of the market should do that automatically.

No they wouldn't.

Sometimes governments have to intervene in markets.

Oh and I thought the entire point of the EU project is to stop people in certain European countries starting a war with other European countries.

[vetran]

interesting:

The budget explained - Myths and facts - Financial Programming and Budget

[Robinho]

There's not really a need to "redevelop areas". The ebb and flow of the market should do that automatically.

[Scoobos]

I always thought that it's perhaps worthwhile as a lot of these EU incentives for new business or infrastructure, concentrate on areas I'm not convinced the government would have funded.

E.G

Most of the road renewals in the North East
Sunderland (as a whole ) - but specifically the Training and Enterprise Council and the whole IT centre thing
Cumbria and the Lake District projects.

If our gvt doesn't give this to the EU , then I doubt they'd regenerate these areas, I'm convinced they don't care about anyone north of Birmingham. (Maybe this will change with the high speed rail links)

[darmstadt]

Bloody buggering hell