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Originally Posted by NewNick
It appears that a county which voted to leave has actually been a huge beneficiary of EU funding to the tune of £60m per year.
OOPS.
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Yes, I get that part. The UK gives £350 million a week and the EU gives back some and tells the UK where to spend it. Which is why N. Ireland and Scotland want to remain.
Let's assume for a moment England and Walee leave. Where is the guaranty the EU will continue to give N. Ireland and Scotland money and who will it come from? N. Ireland and Scotland are assuming they would get back in, get the money without contributing more than they get back and that contributions wouldn't come from Westminster.
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The UK pays more into the EU budget than it gets back.
In 2015 the UK government paid £13 billion to the EU budget, and EU spending on the UK was £4.5 billion. So the UK?s ?net contribution? was estimated at about £8.5 billion.
Each year the UK gets an instant discount on its contributions to the EU?the ?rebate??worth almost £5 billion last year. Without it the UK would have been liable for £18 billion in contributions.
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Makes your £60m per year, look farcical. Got any more silly points to make, I love knocking them over.