I guess he means “Over the next six years” (later on he mentions “the six year period”), and there’s some inflation-correction built in.
But at first I assumed that they’d forgotten to include VAT (not that anyone would do that, oh no).
Ian Bennett
Correction; he’s quoting gross contribution for one figure and net contribution for the other, AND over different periods. Page 4 of the linked document explains: “The UK’s total gross contribution to the EU will be around £71 billion over the seven years of the next financial perspective.”
Matthew
This could of course be solved by a Land Value Tax.
I guess he means “Over the next six years” (later on he mentions “the six year period”), and there’s some inflation-correction built in.
But at first I assumed that they’d forgotten to include VAT (not that anyone would do that, oh no).
Correction; he’s quoting gross contribution for one figure and net contribution for the other, AND over different periods. Page 4 of the linked document explains: “The UK’s total gross contribution to the EU will be around £71 billion over the seven years of the next financial perspective.”
This could of course be solved by a Land Value Tax.
Surely £71 billion is cheap when one considers the manifold benefits of membership. A free pen for Milliband maj. for example.