Oh joy. After costing us a mere £4.1 BILLION in 2009/2010 to be a member of the EU, the price has suddenly been hiked to £6.4 Billion for next year. Yup, another £260 for every UK household to find (in 2004, the sum was £54 per household).
Why?
“to share the burden of membership with new accession countries”.
So that’s OK then, right? Latvians will be able to build as many windfarms as their politicians want because a Welsh taxpayer (oxymoron, I know) is paying for it. Romanian Romany “heritage” sites will be fully funded by the graft of Portugese Electricians.
I am a fervent European. I love the place. I also like Langhams Brasserie but they don’t tax me to pay for the fucking lampshades in the Ladie’s bogs do they?
Bastards. We need to do what the Swiss do. Pay for the bits we like and tell them to shove the rest up their arses – sideways.