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UK EU Budget

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  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    Wookster wrote: »
    But this vote is also a damning verdict on the lunatic side of the tory party, the fact that some are willing to side with Labour to undermine their own leader beggars belief.

    I thought MP's (of all parties) were in Parliament to represent the views of the electorate.

    Seems reasonable that the PM should hold a compromise view. Given that it is he who has to negotiate.

    Very easy to sound tough. Nothing worse then failing to deliver.
  • dryhat
    dryhat Posts: 1,305 Forumite
    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    I thought MP's (of all parties) were in Parliament to represent the views of the electorate.


    You'd think so, wouldn't you?

    But politicians vote for anything that keeps them in office.
    Regardless of what the voters want.
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    What actually happens if a member state just refuses to pay any more?
  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    What actually happens if a member state just refuses to pay any more?

    One of them goes and gets his big brother.:eek:

    I've always wondered that myself or just stops paying?

    I guess they would just freeze all inter trade payments into the UK and sequestrate assets of UK companies and individuals?
    "If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....

    "big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    grizzly1911 wrote: »
    One of them goes and gets his big brother.:eek:

    I've always wondered that myself or just stops paying?

    I guess they would just freeze all inter trade payments into the UK and sequestrate assets of UK companies and individuals?

    I am pretty sure they could not do that. I get the impression that is mainly BS and would all fall apart if one or two countries just said "here's what we are prepared to pay, take it or leave it".
  • Thrugelmir
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    dryhat wrote: »
    You'd think so, wouldn't you?

    But politicians vote for anything that keeps them in office.
    Regardless of what the voters want.

    Personally I believe that the economic/financial issues we face transcend traditional political boundaries. Someone with balls has got to make some pretty unpalatable decisions (from the electorates point of view).
  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    Personally I believe that the economic/financial issues we face transcend traditional political boundaries. Someone with balls has got to make some pretty unpalatable decisions (from the electorates point of view).

    Would that be Yvette Cooper then?;)
    "If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....

    "big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham
  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    I am pretty sure they could not do that. I get the impression that is mainly BS and would all fall apart if one or two countries just said "here's what we are prepared to pay, take it or leave it".

    I'm pretty sure they could do anything they wanted to and get away with it.

    We could no doubt challenge them through the courts or dust of the hardware, oh no we just sold it..
    "If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....

    "big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    grizzly1911 wrote: »
    Would that be Yvette Cooper then?;)

    A politician that's better without them. ;)
  • John_Pierpoint
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    grizzly1911 wrote: »
    Would that be Yvette Cooper then?;)

    I feel a shoe fetish coming on:175px-Marcos_Clark_Air_Base_cropped.jpg
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