EU demands an extra £5m a day

[TimberWolf]

BRITISH taxpayers will hand over an extra £5million a day to Brussels next year if European politicians get their way, it emerged yesterday.

For the UK the advantages include:

• Adds £1.8billion a year to our annual net payments
• The UK would be the EU’s second biggest net contributor after Germany
• The UK would get the least back per head from Europe than any other country
• This was agreed by Tony Blair when he agreed to surrender part of the EU rebate in 2005 in exchange for future radical reform of the Common Agricultural Policy – something which has not happened
• It would help fund Tony Blair's huge salary as el presidente (and Nick Griffin's as MEP), pension and palace maintenance costs

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/...from-taxpayers

[swamp]

Worth every penny

I can't even go to Europe, so I don't even know where to begin with this.

[DimPrawn]

Bend over. Here comes the EU equivalent of Bubba.

[Andy2]

Give them the bloody money
Gordo has a money tree in his back garden

[AtW]

UK's contribution has fallen in value since the main currency for Europe is euro - from this point of view UK is paying good 25-30% less than before.

[RichardCranium]

They need the money so Monsewer Presidente Bliar can start his pan-European Holy War with the Middle East.

[threaded]

They need the money so Monsewer Presidente Bliar can start his pan-European Holy War with the Middle East.

Agreed, that looks like the most likely outcome to me.

The Danes I know (and some of them I know are politicians) are horrified by the prospect.

Anyone else out there on the continent, what do your locals think of B'liar?

[TimberWolf]

Agreed, that looks like the most likely outcome to me.

The Danes I know (and some of them I know are politicians) are horrified by the prospect.

Anyone else out there on the continent, what do your locals think of B'liar?

What does it matter what the locals think?

[DimPrawn]

C'mon, who voted for Bliar to be El Presidente?

What do you mean no one voted....it's a democracy right?

[Chantho]

They need the money so Monsewer Presidente Bliar can start his pan-European Holy War with the Middle East.

This is beginning to feel like one of these sci-fi stories where an assassin is sent back from the future to take out a politician before he can cause irrecoverable damage (where are these time-travelling assassins when you need one ?)