formby
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It sure isn't a marriage either. And AFAIK it's called EU membership.
The EU still keeps half of what the main contributors pay into it. Most of it goes to countries of the former Warsaw Pact, here foremost Poland who gets a whooping 10 billion every year out of it's membership.
The EU is a power and money grab/ redistribution operation, it's no wonder people start to call it EUSSR.
I've nothing against Britain being a net contributor to the EU, I've also nothing against poorer countries being given 'hand outs' as long as they spend it well, on infrastructure and the like. I consider it to be like an investment, good infrastructure allows countries to become wealthier they trade more, buy more. Win-win.
What mildly annoys me are those who think that the EU somehow funds the UK.