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sigh The UK’s net EU budget contribution in 2014 was £9.8 billion https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-7214/#fullreport https://commonsl

by chx 3y ago

sigh The UK’s net EU budget contribution in 2014 was £9.8 billion https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-7214/#fullreport https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-... Meanwhile the UK exported $276 billion worth of good to the EU more than half of its total https://www.worldstopexports.com/united-kingdoms-top-import-partners/ https://www.worldstopexports.com/united-kingdoms-top-import-... Not counting anything else just these two we could say the EU had a 3.6% tariff on UK imports (insanely low! check https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/statis_e/daily_update_e/tariff_profiles/GB_E.PDF https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/statis_e/daily_update_e/ta... -- and note the post brexit deal only created a 0% tariff on goods and not services). And even that is a severe exaggeration because there were other benefits to this. On the other hand, the way these things went it's very likely the UK already contributed to the EERP but got nothing out of it.

throwaway167 3y ago
> very likely the UK already contributed to the EERP but *got nothing out of it*. I for one am swimming in all the surplus cash not going to the EU any more, as well as all those upwards revisions to GDP and employment, and our pound soaring to new highs improving my purchasing power.
kmlx 3y ago
> The UK’s net EU budget contribution in 2014 was £9.8 billion the state’s budget contribution. aka taxes and other income of the state. > Meanwhile the UK exported $276 billion worth of good to the EU more than half of its total not the UK, not the state. the opposite. the private sector.
- chx 3y ago
  And state income comes from...?
blibble 3y ago
> Not counting anything else just these two we could say the EU had a 3.6% tariff on UK imports this "analysis" makes the infamous Boris bus number look almost honest by comparison

by chx 3y ago

throwaway167 3y ago

> very likely the UK already contributed to the EERP but *got nothing out of it*. I for one am swimming in all the surplus cash not going to the EU any more, as well as all those upwards revisions to GDP and employment, and our pound soaring to new highs improving my purchasing power.

kmlx 3y ago

> The UK’s net EU budget contribution in 2014 was £9.8 billion the state’s budget contribution. aka taxes and other income of the state. > Meanwhile the UK exported $276 billion worth of good to the EU more than half of its total not the UK, not the state. the opposite. the private sector.

chx 3y ago
And state income comes from...?

blibble 3y ago

> Not counting anything else just these two we could say the EU had a 3.6% tariff on UK imports this "analysis" makes the infamous Boris bus number look almost honest by comparison