Consequences of Brexit [part 7] Read first post before posting

[Pettytom]

11 minutes ago, Robin-H said:

UK VAT forms 10% of the EU budget..?

Vat in total forms about 10% of the EU budget. UK vat is about a fifth of the VAT contributed. So UK vat is about 2% of the EU budget.

 

So Dromedary’s claim is simply part of project lies from the Brexiters.

Edited August 27, 2019 by Pettytom

[Top Cats Hat]

11 minutes ago, Robin-H said:

UK VAT forms 10% of the EU budget..?

I saw that but couldn’t be bothered to comment.

 

Looking at some of Dromedary’s other posts he seems to spend a lot of his time on right-wing facebook pages full of fake news and that claim is so obviously fake that it’s laughable. 😂

[Longcol]

19 minutes ago, Dromedary said:

Now ask yourselves why parliament was against the backstop!

It didn't.

 

There has never been a vote on the backstop alone. Parliament voted against May's proposals which included the backstop - amongst many other things.

Edited August 27, 2019 by Longcol

[Top Cats Hat]

The irony! 🤣😂🤣

 

“Bucks Fizz singer Jay Aston to stand as Brexit Party MP”

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49486164

[Ontarian1981]

 0n the US border with Canada topic, the delays are mainly volume of traffic.It's not like everyone is taken away for interrogation or suchlike . lol Besides there are thousands of places where you can just walk over anyway, that is what I meant by undefended.

Edited August 27, 2019 by Ontarian1981

[Dromedary]

2 hours ago, Robin-H said:

UK VAT forms 10% of the EU budget..?

Have a read of this:

 

https://fullfact.org/europe/does-uk-pay-fifth-vat-going-eu-budget/

 

Quote:

 

"The EU figures take the rebate off the UK's contribution, and off total EU revenue raised. Following this convention, the UK's share of total EU revenue comes out just under 10%."

2 hours ago, Top Cats Hat said:

The EU (and the UK) have a legal obligation to uphold the Belfast Agreement.

I agree but that still does not exclude any border controls being put in place.

2 hours ago, Top Cats Hat said:

Looking at some of Dromedary’s other posts he seems to spend a lot of his time on right-wing facebook pages full of fake news and that claim is so obviously fake that it’s laughable. 😂

I am not on any social media sites at all so that claim is laughable.

Edited August 28, 2019 by Dromedary

[Dromedary]

2 hours ago, Longcol said:

It didn't.

 

There has never been a vote on the backstop alone. Parliament voted against May's proposals which included the backstop - amongst many other things.

Parliament voted against the deal on 3 occasions simply because of the backstop being in place, and that is a fact. If the backstop didnt exist then we would have already have it sorted and left by now.

[Top Cats Hat]

1 hour ago, Ontarian1981 said:

 0n the US border with Canada topic, the delays are mainly volume of traffic.It's not like everyone is taken away for interrogation or suchlike . lol Besides there are thousands of places where you can just walk over anyway, that is what I meant by undefended.

Are you saying that there are no passport/immigration/visa controls on the US/ Canada border?

[Longcol]

6 hours ago, Dromedary said:

Parliament voted against the deal on 3 occasions simply because of the backstop being in place, and that is a fact. If the backstop didnt exist then we would have already have it sorted and left by now.

Nonsense.

 

Members of the Tory party in the ERG and the like voted against the backstop. Labour, Lib Dem, SNP votes against May's deal weren't anything to do with the backstop being in place .

[Dromedary]

1 hour ago, Longcol said:

Nonsense.

 

Members of the Tory party in the ERG and the like voted against the backstop.

Some quotes from the news at the time:

 

"The controversial Irish “backstop” – the mechanism designed to guarantee an open border on the island of Ireland – was one of the main reasons MPs rejected the agreement."

 

"Mrs May has rejected calls to push a motion which would approve the withdrawal agreement on the condition the Irish backstop is removed."

 

Plenty more quote like that can be found if you look.

1 hour ago, Longcol said:

Labour, Lib Dem, SNP votes against May's deal weren't anything to do with the backstop being in place .

 

So why did they also reject it?

 

Edited August 28, 2019 by Dromedary