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    #21
    Originally posted by DealorNoDeal View Post
    True.

    But still, £8.9bn is small change for an economy the size of the UK.

    Oh, and btw, I thought it was meant to save us £18.2bn. (£350m/week * 52 = £18.2bn)
    You should look at the net contribution, not the gross. I think a few other other people have been caught out by the figures.
    Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.

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      #22
      Originally posted by Zigenare View Post
      You should look at the net contribution, not the gross. I think a few other other people have been caught out by the figures.
      If you include the tariffs we are forced to pay for certain agricultural products from outside the EU, we're probably way over the quoted figure.
      His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

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        #23
        Originally posted by Mordac View Post
        If you include the tariffs we are forced to pay for certain agricultural products from outside the EU, we're probably way over the quoted figure.
        Numbers? Quotes?

        You do realise that the main function of tariffs is to protect local (EU and by extension UK) farmers right? How much agricultural imports do we have from outside EU that are from countries we don't already have FTA with?

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          #24
          Originally posted by sal View Post
          Numbers? Quotes?

          You do realise that the main function of tariffs is to protect local (EU and by extension UK) farmers right? How much agricultural imports do we have from outside EU that are from countries we don't already have FTA with?
          Local to France, maybe.
          Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.

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