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UK politicians (judging by recent headlines) also want to leave the EU, or at least threatening to do so if they don't get their way. They might like/want X bu
by yc1010 12y ago
UK politicians (judging by recent headlines) also want to leave the EU, or at least threatening to do so if they don't get their way.
They might like/want X but they will have to negotiate and endup with X-Y or nothing,
since negotiating something as important as VAT while threatening to leave the club is politically counterproductive.
- derickr 12y agoI don't think this law was actually pushed for by the UK. And countries like Hungary where VAT is 27% have much more to gain by it.
- jiggy2011 12y agoVery few UK politicians want to leave the EU.
- glomph 12y agoThey are only threatening because the election is coming up and an anti EU party got a surprising amount of votes in the EU election (still not that many in real terms).