UK to be billed £1.7 billion by the EU

[Steve781]

and how many millions a day your Government pays to your own banks? Thats the tax money of people fed to the rich.
The figures will be far higher that what UK pays to EU. Your prime minister is a pampered millionair who is on the side of the rich and against poor. No wonder your country has about the same pot holes on the roads now as my country.
Was far better 15 years ago when i visited.I was shocked to see the state of the roads and how poor the people have become,during my latest visit.

For nearly 70 years, socialist governments have been promising people in Britain something for nothing. Our current government is trying to stop the handouts because they know we can't afford it anymore.

 

[shaheenmissile]

For nearly 70 years, socialist governments have been promising people in Britain something for nothing. Our current government is trying to stop the handouts because they know we can't afford it anymore.

Yet taxes have either risen or remain the same. On average British People give 30% or more of their earning in taxes and that is on top of VAT,Parking fines,Council tax and other taxes.
If people cant get the money in times of their need.How can they justify the taxes?
The word "benefits" was actually "Tax payers benefits" which was a promise to people that your taxes will "Benefit' you in your time of need. If the government wants to take that away the Benifits then what direct benifit the people of UK will get from exorbitant taxes? None.

See in Pakistan there is no benefit system,but likewise nobody gives taxes so that is fair game.

In your country they are making people to give ever more taxes while giving less and less returns to people and diverting that money to wars abroad and Rich banks. That is worse than Communism.

 

[Steve781]

Yet taxes have either risen or remain the same. On average British People give 30% or more of their earning in taxes and that is on top of VAT,Parking fines,Council tax and other taxes.
If people cant get the money in times of their need.How can they justify the taxes?
The word "benefits" was actually "Tax payers benefits" which was a promise to people that your taxes will "Benefit' you in your time of need. If the government wants to take that away the Benifits then what direct benifit the people of UK will get from exorbitant taxes? None.

See in Pakistan there is no benefit system,but likewise nobody gives taxes so that is fair game.

In your country they are making people to give ever more taxes while giving less and less returns to people and diverting that money to wars abroad and Rich banks. That is worse than Communism.

Most of the welfare money goes on people who are elderly, sick or disabled. Those people aren't losing money. The people who are losing out are young men who are more than capable of working but choose to rely on the government instead or the young single mothers who want the government to replace their child's father.

 

[mike2000]

China is surely on the rise, but India's future is far from certain. Even by 2019, IMF forecasts place India with a considerably smaller economy than the UK!

I strongly disagree that the major EU nations will be irrelevant in world affairs within the next 10-15 years. For example, by 2019 the UK will be approaching a $4 trillion economy according to the IMF. That is only 5 years away. So imagine how large it will be 15 years away from now? Maybe $6 trillion? Also, the UK is forecast to eventually overtake Germany as Europe's largest economy in the next 15-20 years due to higher population growth and higher GDP growth. That doesn't look like an irrelevant country to me.

Canada and Australia are far smaller and weaker than the major EU countries, yet they do just fine without being in a Union like the EU. In fact, Australia and Canada are very active and influential on the world stage, and China considers Australia to be a major player and partner in the East Asia/Oceania region, both in terms of diplomatic matters, military balance and economics.

Britain, Germany and France are much larger, more powerful and more influential than Australia - so if Australia can hold its own in talks and agreements with China, then Britain or Germany surely can!

The rise of China is not somehow going to suddenly make European countries irrelevant. That is a silly notion.

Also, while China has already surpassed the major EU nations, the only other Asian county that might also do the same is India. No other Asian nation realistically has the potential to overshadow the major EU nations.

So 30 years from now, even if India does emerge as a major power, the Europeans are still going to be major powers too. GDP rankings would probably be something like:

US/China/EU
India
Japan
UK/Germany
France/Brazil
Russia
Rest of world

Russia will continue to lag behind the above nations if it continues to pursue its destructive foreign policy and over reliance on exporting fossil fuels.

Wel said bro. I Just laugh when i see people on here sayi ng the E.U is going to collpase/fall/decline/become irrelevant. lol The truth is, we are not going anyhwere anytime soon. The E.U is still the largest economic bloack on this planet(larger than even the mighty U.S). Moreover as you said, Britain has the highest growth rate/best economic performance now in Europe. Our GDP in 5-10 years from now is projected to grow significantly, we will still be larger than even India(a developing country of a billions plus people). So they can call us small/insignificant all they like, but it doesnt change the fact the major powers in Europe: Britain, France, Germany are still among the top 6-7 largest economies in the world, and that wont change anytime. soon. We are also technologically quite advance and our living standards are still quite high(something it will take decades for countries like China,India, Brazil etc to achieve, provided they keep growing the way they have in the past). So as one member here once said: its difficult to get rich, but once rich its even more difficult to get poor. So they can wosh our demise all they want, but we are going nowhere.

As for Russia, im surprised you had the courgae to say the truth, since i know most chinese members on here always tend to avoid saying it.lol As i have said several times before, Russia's role/influence/position in the coming decades will be even more smaller with each passing year. Other emerging powers are simply rising too fast, plus Russia relies too much on its Resources which isnt healthy for a 'great power' in the long run, since it can be easily prone to volatility in prices. Russia needs to seriously start investing the excess money it derive from its oil/gas exports into more productive sectors in its economy/industry/manufacturing etc, else it will be even more and more in decline/irrelevant in world economy this coming decades.