Originally posted by NotAllThere
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Furthermore, included in the 160bn is the UK's gross GNI contribution, 15bn, so saying that 9bn of 160bn is "peanuts" is comparing apples with oranges.
Indeed you might say that the total GNI gross contributions are 101bn of which UK is 15bn and 15% is not trivial. But that "calculation" is as flawed as "9bn is nothing of 160bn".
Net contribution is really the only way to compare, and the UK is 2nd, and that loss will hurt. If the French, Germans and Italians are willing to cover the gap, great, so they don't care if the UK is a member of the EU, so let us go.
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