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How much will it cost to leave the EU?

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whitewave Fri 21-Jul-17 09:49:18

I think that even Davis admitted at yesterday's press thingy that there will be ongoing payments.

I saw the ukip bod having hystericsgrin

paddyann Fri 21-Jul-17 09:46:02

sadly Scotlland isn't yours to "give" we are supposed to be a partner in this toxic union.Like ALL contracts when you decide to break it you have to fulfill the conditions and it would appear that we have signed up to these sums of money so we HAVE to pay them.Would any other country ever want to trade with us if we reneged on our debts to the EU? As a business owner for over 40 years theres no way I'd trade with any company that had a history of bad debts so we either pay up and shut up and get on with the Brexit nonsense we seem to be committed to or we stay IN the EU and try to change it from within.Quite what our option will be is a mystery....the people who are "negotiating" for us dont seem competent enough to manage a piss up in a brewery .WE voted remain ...62 % of us ...at least we can get some amusement from the English MP's blundering idiocy which hads been evident from the day after the vote .

gillybob Fri 21-Jul-17 09:37:24

Reading so many different figures. £20Billion - £60Billion ????

Apparently we can pay it in installment (generous of them)

So it got me thinking. What could we give the EU as a one off settlement?

I'm thinking on the lines of a few palaces etc. maybe a street or two in London?

What about Scotland or Wales or maybe the North East (with a palace or two to make the money up) ? grin