Britain will give an extra £10bn to the European Union because of the weakness of struggling eurozone economies, it has emerged. The British contribution to the EU will rise dramatically from £30bn to £40bn over the next five years, the Office for Budget Responsibility said. It includes a surprise £2.2bn jump in funding to £8.7bn this year. EU contributions are calculated in part according to each state’s national income. The growth forecasts across Europe have been cut as eurozone economies, particularly Greece, France and Italy, struggle under a debt crisis, leaving Britain to make up the shortfall – costing the taxpayer an extra £1bn a year. How much longer are the taxpayers of this once great country going to tolerate the increasing financial support of this failing, tyrannical dictatorship, especially while our own public services are declining?Are our fools and cretins of politicians, who are mostly in favor of this abomination waiting to be physically removed from Parliament?
The entire lib/lab/con are hell bent on keeping Britain in the EU, so it's time they were all removed from government!...If you take into account, the money Britain will have to spend to "welcome" the people from Bulgaria and Romania heading towards what they think is an Eldorado, it is much more than £10 billions. Thank you very much, anyway, as a French, I rather see them coming in the UK and as you are explained day after day by people living in huge houses in Surrey, with private medical care and with their children privately educated that it is for your benefit, you should call yourselves lucky.... "It includes a surprise £2.2bn jump in funding to £8.7bn this year." This wasn't a surprise, the EU came begging for a bail out, what was surprising, was the little press it received?
This is why we are needed in the EU, to pay for all the little countries they admit, even when their finances don't meet the criteria! From next June, we will be powerless in our decision making, the EU / US FTA is due to be signed then, this deal, gives companies complete control over us, even now, Tobacco giant Philip Morris is suing Australia for billions of dollars in lost profits because the government took action to reduce teenage smoking. Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly is suing Canada for $500 million, just because Canada has laws to keep essential drugs affordable and the Nuclear industry is suing the German government. This is all happening in International courts, out of the public eye, via other TTiP deals. Lets get together and stop this one!
The chancellor warned Britain is “too dependent” on weak European markets and must look to the Far East for growth.
The Euro area is forecast to shrink by 0.4 per cent this year and instability in the region is the first threat to Britain’s recovery, Mr Osborne said. He has doubled the export finance capacity to £50bn to support British businesses that want to trade in new markets.
“The Prime Minister’s visit to China this week is the latest step in this Government’s determined plan to increase British exports to the faster growing emerging markets – something our country should have done many years ago,” Mr Osborne said.
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Nigel Farage has warned Ukip activists to be extra vigilant about any attempts to paint them in a nasty light after a video emerged showing councillor Victoria Ayling saying she would like to "send the lot back".
The Ukip leader condemned the report, first published in the Mail on Sunday, saying that Ayling's words on immigration appeared to have been "deliberately distorted and taken out of context".
She has said the remarks refer just to illegal immigrants, and claims she is the victim of a setup by her ex-husband.
In an email to party members, Farage urged supporters to remember that it is "not always clear who we can trust" and reminded them that there would be many opportunists trying to undermine the party.
A Ukip spokesman said the email was sent in an effort to keep up spirits and show solidarity with Ayling, who was a Tory councillor when the video was recorded but later defected to Ukip.
"I am sure many of you are aware of the attack by the Mail on Sunday on a Ukip councillor this weekend," Farage wrote. "I firstly want to reassure you that I believe this attack on Victoria Ayling to be unwarranted, and have the utmost sympathy with her.
"Her words on immigration, it would appear, were deliberately distorted and taken out of context in order to paint a very nasty picture. She has personally assured me that this is the case and I have no reason to doubt her. As a result I believe it is fair to say she is the victim of an extremely unpleasant political attack.
"This indicates very clearly to me the sort of tactics our political opponents will use in the runup to the European elections next year. Because they cannot beat us on policy, they will be increasingly inclined to play the man, not the ball."
His criticism is directed at the Mail on Sunday, which first reported Ayling's comments, but also more widely at the "establishment, via the media". It comes after Ukip stepped up its vetting of potential candidates for next year's European elections after a string of embarrassing comments by MEPs and party candidates in the May local elections
Europe has the potential to be a paradise, with people being able to choose between being rich, hard-working but cold in Germany, or poorer laid-back sun-seekers in Club Med.
Germans would want to retire to Greece, young ambitious Greeks would want to work in Germany.
If Europe were a single country it would be the best one on Earth (sorry Americans, even better than the US).
But, a single country needs much more than a single currency, e.g. a single government, a common language and acceptance of major loss of regional identity and control. Can't see the people accepting it, though that is the way the "euro-project" seems to be facing at the moment.
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