> The £3.3Bn is a loss, the £17.4Bn is a payment that > provides regulatory bodies, courts, CAP payments, > infrastructure projects. Not £17.4 billion's wort

> The £3.3Bn is a loss, the £17.4Bn is a payment that > provides regulatory bodies, courts, CAP payments, > infrastructure projects. Not £17.4 billion's worth of transactions. > As well as this your other EU example is spurious too - > since the 'divorce settlement' isn't a loss either. It's > the agreed remaining financial obligations [..] A divorce settlement could also be called "fulfilling agreed financial obligations", but it certainly doesn't make it any easier to swallow. I also somehow don't believe it's £30+ billion in pensions. I believe it'll mostly be investment into projects we'll never see the fruits of, I hardly believe they'll say "well, seeming as you invested into this, it's only fair you eat from the tree".