Current Affairs EU In or Out

[Kurt.]

Westminster have cut budgets drastically.... I work for local government and for the last few years we have had cuts in budget totalling millions.

And to quantify this further the cuts have been in the region of 3 - 6 million to services for only 70,000 population

 

[Kurt.]

And to quantify this further the cuts have been in the region of 3 - 6 million to services for only 70,000 population

For the past 3 or 4 years


(Soz for quoting myself lol)

 

[Barnfred 55]

Westminster have cut budgets drastically.... I work for local government and for the last few years we have had cuts in budget totalling millions.

Yeah I know.

The point I was trying to make is that Wales have a GDP per head well below the national average. So if they went Independent, the chances are they would have a massive budget deficit. At the moment that would be subsidised from Westminster. Their only alternative would be to borrow and, as a newly formed country their credit rating would be low so the interest rates would be high. The EU have grant funding for this (The Cohesion Fund), but in the last 7 year financial period they only had around £8b per year available which had to be split between 15 countries. The other thing to consider is that, if Wales joined the EU, it would have to pay the required contributions before it could qualify for any of the various benefits.

 

[Kurt.]

Yeah I know.

The point I was trying to make is that Wales have a GDP per head well below the national average. So if they went Independent, the chances are they would have a massive budget deficit. At the moment that would be subsidised from Westminster. Their only alternative would be to borrow and, as a newly formed country their credit rating would be low so the interest rates would be high. The EU have grant funding for this (The Cohesion Fund), but in the last 7 year financial period they only had around £8b per year available which had to be split between 15 countries. The other thing to consider is that, if Wales joined the EU, it would have to pay the required contributions before it could qualify for any of the various benefits.

Like I said it’s all way above my understanding.... I’m like millions of others who just have to sit back and accept what happens

 

[Barnfred 55]

Like I said it’s all way above my understanding.... I’m like millions of others who just have to sit back and accept what happens

It's all any of us can do.

 

[roydo]

There's an awful lot of woefully ignorant people around nowadays.

Like I said it’s all way above my understanding.... I’m like millions of others who just have to sit back and accept what happens

It's all any of us can do.

Remember the 2012 Olympics? Remember the multi racial, multi cultural, and hugely welcoming picture the UK projected themselves across the planet as?

Then compare that image the world had of the UK with the utter baffoons and racists "representing" us in Brussels. Yeah, we have to take it, but it makes me furious.

They should hang their heads in shame, as should all who applaud them.

 

[Carl O'Ancelotti]

Slavery and oppression. lol

This Widdecombe woman is off her head. How embarrassing.

 

[Bishop Thumpety-Thump]

Some of the comments in this thread are risible. I mean of course comments from both of the resident Brexiteers. Nothing but endless whataboutery and faux outrage.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Whilst the accusations of a stitch up are silly, the way the EU went about filling the senior positions is far from ideal. They must surely have known that doing it the way they did would lead to accusations about anti-democratic dealings, and the fact that no eastern states are represented in any of the posts is pretty poor.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Slavery and oppression. lol

This Widdecombe woman is off her head. How embarrassing.

Indeed, the ability to live, work and travel across 27 other countries freely is completely akin to slavery. The shame that such a woman is representing Britain internationally.

 

[Tubey]

Indeed, the ability to live, work and travel across 27 other countries freely is completely akin to slavery. The shame that such a woman is representing Britain internationally.

The shame is that she's an accurate representation of a large portion of the populace.

 

[orchard]

Slavery and oppression. lol

This Widdecombe woman is off her head. How embarrassing.

Haha, they're only just warming up, unfortunately

 

[orchard]

The shame is that she's an accurate representation of a large portion of the populace.

Is it large?

 

[Tubey]

Is it large?

Yeah I'd say so. And increasing by the day.

 

[orchard]

Yeah I'd say so. And increasing by the day.

I dunno mate, getting more vocal and brazen, deffo - but i can't see how they can be attracting anyone new, and possibly cause a tendency to repel some leave voters.