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Tuesday 30 May 2017

The cost of EU membership put in perspective

The twitter account this comes from has been suspended, but fortunately I was able to download the image from a Google Plus post.


https://twitter.com/lesbonner/status/869457498109087744
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2 comments:

  1. Alan Peery30 May 2017 at 16:12

    The BBC has this £8.4 billion, so it's bigger than shown -- but still small compared to overall expenditure.

    bbc.co.uk - UK and the EU: The cost of membership - BBC News

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  2. Rhys Taylor30 May 2017 at 16:26

    Yes, the "rebates etc." bit does need more explanation, but even doubling that red slice wouldn't change the conclusion.

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