In article , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes
In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
On Tuesday, 20 June 2017 20:14:30 UTC+1, Bill wrote:
In message , michael
adams writes
Basically until the UK agrees to pay them what they think they're due,
regardless of whether anyone else thinks this is fair or not, they're
not going to negotiate on anything else.

This was the fait accompli which Davis was presented with on Monday
morning.

If you read the article some of the sums being mentioned as compo are
simply staggering i.e 100 billion

It's maybe no wonder a lot of people are trying to play this down.

So the EU position is "Pay us 100 billion or you have to stay in our
cartel (club or whatever)"?

But the 100 billion was just a down payment wasn;t it.
They are just like any other blackmailer.

We were the country which flounced out of the EU without checking on what
it might cost first. If the EU can calculate any monies owed after we
leave, so can we and query them if inaccurate.


Any sane person would treat this as a wind up or insanity.

I'd chage them rent on the EU buildings we helped to pay for.

Excellent. But not pay for the running costs?

100 Billion a day excluding VAT of course. If they don't like it
what will they do knock them down ?

Because you 'helped pay' for something doesn't mean you own the whole
thing.

No but we own part share and we would like our share please - which
means them buying us out or selling the building to a third party and
splitting the proceeds pro rata.
All this talk of 100bn is just posturing. The EU want us to contribute
to the pensions of UK citizens who are employees of the EU. They want us
to continue our budget payments up to the end of the current budget
cycle rather than ceasing payment when we leave. Of course they would
like us to carry on paying for on-going projects which continue beyond
the current budget cycle.
In the words of MT, No No and No.
--
bert