It is not for me to tell you how to vote on this, but because of recent spats on here with people about Farming etc, i have picked this out from a report on the BBC news website which shows what crap the whole EU system is and how your Europian partners want you to pay even more towards the upkeep of THEIR countries.
It also shows how complete chaos there is in Labours policy to vote yes to a system and idea which even they now are having to defend safegaurds put in by Maggie Thatcher------------------------------
--- Last Updated: Wednesday, 23 March, 2005, 15:57 GMT
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UK rebate 'unjustified' - Chirac
Mr Chirac: Attacked UK rebate
French president Jacques Chirac has called the UK's £3bn rebate from the European Union "unjustified".
Speaking after a summit meeting he said unless it was put up for discussion the EU would never be able to reach agreement on its medium term finances.
Earlier Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the UK was prepared to veto any bid to reduce the rebate secured by Margaret Thatcher in 1984.
He said it remained justified because less EU farm money came to the UK.
Mr Chirac told reporters in Brussels: "One can only have a reasonable budgetary balance if we put back on the table the British cheque. It can no longer be justified. It was from the past."
But a UK Government official responded: "Even with the rebate, the UK pays two and a half times more than France contributes to the EU budget. Without it we would pay 14 times as much as France.
Note how much BRITAIN PAYS FOR ALL THE OTHERS AND THEY WANT MORE OF YOUR TAX MONEY----YOUR HARD EARNED TAX MONEY-----THEY WANT YOU TO GO TO WORK TO KEEP PAYING FOR THEM
It also shows how complete chaos there is in Labours policy to vote yes to a system and idea which even they now are having to defend safegaurds put in by Maggie Thatcher------------------------------
--- Last Updated: Wednesday, 23 March, 2005, 15:57 GMT
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UK rebate 'unjustified' - Chirac
Mr Chirac: Attacked UK rebate
French president Jacques Chirac has called the UK's £3bn rebate from the European Union "unjustified".
Speaking after a summit meeting he said unless it was put up for discussion the EU would never be able to reach agreement on its medium term finances.
Earlier Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the UK was prepared to veto any bid to reduce the rebate secured by Margaret Thatcher in 1984.
He said it remained justified because less EU farm money came to the UK.
Mr Chirac told reporters in Brussels: "One can only have a reasonable budgetary balance if we put back on the table the British cheque. It can no longer be justified. It was from the past."
But a UK Government official responded: "Even with the rebate, the UK pays two and a half times more than France contributes to the EU budget. Without it we would pay 14 times as much as France.
Note how much BRITAIN PAYS FOR ALL THE OTHERS AND THEY WANT MORE OF YOUR TAX MONEY----YOUR HARD EARNED TAX MONEY-----THEY WANT YOU TO GO TO WORK TO KEEP PAYING FOR THEM