robinthehood
Hacker
Good to see you as obtuse as ever.
? You said youd rather it was wasted on us.... just a few small examples of that.
When we leave the EU
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? You said youd rather it was wasted on us.... just a few small examples of that.
bobmac
Major Champion
Fill your boots
- Arts Council: Gave a £95,000 grant to artists in Brighton for “Skip”, a rubbish dumpster outlined with yellow lights
- Crawley Council: Spent £5,070 on 12,200 hot drinks from vending machines for council employees, when the equivalent number of tea bags would have cost just £200
- Department for International Development: Spent £21.2 million on a road maintenance project in Bangladesh, later pulled due to “fiduciary irregularities” after it emerged that less than 10% had actually been spent on roads
- Durham Council: Funded a £12,000 clothing allowance to allow councillors to wear “Geordie Armani”
- Hull Council: Spent £40,000 on a concert in honour of the councillor who is Lord Mayor this year
- Ministry of Defence: Paid £22 for light bulbs that are normally 65p
- Prison Service: Paid £720,000 to professional actors for role playing that is aimed at helping inmates become employed
- Scottish Government: Signed a £1.4 million 4-year contract for taxis for civil servants in Edinburgh – despite staff being told to use buses
- Stoke-on-Trent Council: Spent £330,000 to pay for redundancy packages and subsequently rehiring 25 members of staff
What about the unaccountable $5,153 per month per 751 MEPs office expenses that the tax payer is not allowed to know what its spent on.
$46.4m per year on pens and stamps
SocketRocket
Ryder Cup Winner
Glad you can see my angles.
But its not wasted on us is it? it's wasted on moving the EU administration each month to stop the French having a hissy fit. I repeat, I would rather it was wasted on us.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
I’m suggesting a possibly better way to use £120m (or however much is proposed) rather than splurge it on some self-aggrandising Brexit celebrations for Johnson that will do little to start reuniting the country - in fact any such celebration is likely to pour salt on the wound.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
I was not complaining about security costs for H&M - I was suggesting how they could be funded
robinthehood
Hacker
Good for you, I'd rather it wasn't wasted at all.
SocketRocket
Ryder Cup Winner
That's too obtuse for me.
I agree it shouldnt be wasted at all but that's the EU for you, better out than in EH!
harpo_72
Journeyman Pro
When we leave the EU ... let the days of judgement begin.
Failure is not acceptable, only success. Success is defined as better than now on every level.
Nice and simple .. crack on and good luck.
Failure is not acceptable, only success. Success is defined as better than now on every level.
Nice and simple .. crack on and good luck.
bobmac
Major Champion
So you agree £150m per year is a waste of the EUs money?
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
SocketRocket
Ryder Cup Winner
Surely it can't be worse than being in the EU. I keep being told most of us and our kids are living in poverty, on Zero Hour contracts, using food banks, pot holes, NHS in crisis, rough sleeping, Royals doing runners. Surely Boris can only make things better, surely.
SocketRocket
Ryder Cup Winner
Thats how it always starts ?it started as a thread about computer keyboards
harpo_72
Journeyman Pro
There you go, nice to identify all the stuff that can be addressed.. will be a much better place.
Fade and Die
Medal Winner
On Independence Day I will be proudly wearing my new shirt.....
SocketRocket
Ryder Cup Winner
Im just trying some logic. If these things happened while we are EU members then hopefully they will improve when we leave.
robinthehood
Hacker
You're creating causality where there is none.
Fade and Die
Medal Winner
Reading this thread has reminded me just how butthurt some people still are over Brexit. Thanks guys. ??
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doublebogey7
Head Pro
I find it hilarious we are here arguing about the EU wasting £150m (for clarity I agree it is a waste), when by the Bank of England's assessment we have so far lost circa £80 Billion, as a result of the vote in June 2016. https://costofbrexit.netlify.com/
SocketRocket
Ryder Cup Winner
If the establishment had accepted the result in 2016 and not done all they could to reverse it then just maybe that money wouldn't have been wasted.
