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[omega3000]

Just had our UKIP letter through , margot parker is our candidate . Gets my vote even if its just to stop :

£53 million a day we pay the EU 

£23 million a day in foreign aid 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Just had our UKIP letter through , margot parker is our candidate . Gets my vote even if its just to stop :

£53 million a day we pay the EU 

£23 million a day in foreign aid 

Are these figures actually true, EMD?.....that's a crazy amount.

[omega3000]

Aye thats whats stated in the letter , i seem to recall it being stated on here as well mr opti 

[albitz]

Im sure RODS2 & Nickbat will be able to confirm or otherwise.
I also have a UKIP candidate in my area who will of course be getting my vote.

[omega3000]

Not my quote but someone elses from a blog :

For every pound we pay in , we receive about 6p back. About 2p of that money we get back pays for the extra costs of actually being apart of the EU in the first place. The EU needs Britain. Britain most certainly does not need the EU. The sooner we pull out the better.

Sounds like a good deal 

[cleggy]

The £53m a day to the EU, but not sure that Foreign Aid is that high 

Vote UKIP

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I'm warming (only slightly) to UKIP, but "Shouty Nige" puts me off.

[tigers_gonads]

I'm warming (only slightly) to UKIP, but "Shouty Nige" puts me off.

I know what you mean but sadly, pretty much everything he says is true 

[albitz]

Hes shouty because hes so passionate imo.Its a rare thing to see a politician with real conviction these days.
It also must be very frustrating to be surrounded by all those morons who wont listen to reason.

[bigboykarl]

foreign aid is 0.7% of gdp so around £7.5 billion.....and to think we give india approx 250 million each year yet they have a space program.....madness while we have a budget deficit

[Varche]

Just had our UKIP letter through , margot parker is our candidate . Gets my vote even if its just to stop :

£53 million a day we pay the EU 

£23 million a day in foreign aid 

Foreign aid is British bill for foreign aid will be £8.7bn in 2011-2012, rising to more than £12bn in 2014 . That works out at around £23million a day to £32 in 2014. Source http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1391334/Britain-doles-aid-country-despite-savage-cutbacks-home.html

Bit distorted on the EU. as after rebates and payments from the EU our  Net contribution is £4.7 Billion after rebate and funding. (Germany tops the list with £7.6 Billion) That makes only £12 and a half million a day. Lost the source page but there on google to easily find.

Having said all that it is still an eye watering amount.

[cleggy]

Nearly £80 million a DAY, it doesn't bear thinking about, it is beyond the realm of reason. That is over £1 per day for every man, woman and child in the UK, so each of us gives £400 a year or £1500(ish) a year for a  normal family of four to the two things that most of the population don't want.

Vote UKIP you know their right

[TheBoy]

Like all politicall parties, UKIP use false statistics to scaremonger.

Like it or not, we need strong ties with Europe, they are our biggest trading partner, so we have to pay in the fees, and accept some of the rules.

I think enough people understand this, thankfully, to stop UKIP really getting anywhere, even in the current climate.  Although the sheep will always believe what they are told to believe. We just have to hope we bred enough people not taken in by modern, soundbite politics.


And don't bother replying to me, I've had my say on this thread, I will say no more.

[cleggy]

Rubbish! just because alot of out exports go via rotterdam does not mean that most of our trade is with europe. Even if it was do you think that they will stop trading with the UK if we pull out. 

Europe need us alot more than we need them, unelected bunch of commies running nearly third world countries

[TheBoy]

Even if it was do you think that they will stop trading with the UK if we pull out. 

Sorry, have to answer that as its key.

If we make it harder to buy from, YES!!