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Because there is the other risk of losing more member states when they see that there aren't serious consequences to leaving.

• Joeri 10y ago
  The act of leaving will already produce big consequences when the EU subsidies go away. Even with free trade the UK will be worse off.
  • UK-AL 10y ago
    Overall we did give more. Then receive in subsidises.
    • gambiting 10y ago
      Source? Also poorer areas of the country(like Wales, which inexplicably voted to leave) received majority of their help from EU,not British government - and now can they expect the British government will match those contributions? How and with which money?
      • mattmanser 10y ago
        It's widely known we're a net contributor to the EU, it's not disputed at all. Money doesn't magically appear in the EU coffers, as the UK is one of the strongest economies in the EU, of course it's a net contributor. The exact figure is disputed, leave were saying £450 million per week, remain were saying it's £150million per week. https://fullfact.org/europe/our-eu-membership-fee-55-million/ https://fullfact.org/europe/our-eu-membership-fee-55-million...
    • Uberphallus 10y ago
      You gave more* *not including cheaper labor into account.