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    <title>topic Re: OK, in or out? in The Round Table</title>
    <link>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4788863#M182658</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;Sorry - the £250 was my brain typo and I didn't change the timeframe of payment,&amp;nbsp; but I did answer some of your other questions as to what it is for.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The figure of £350m is more or less about right but is rounded down, according to Michael Gove, for convenience&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;As for the bit where you keep saying:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face="book antiqua,palatino" color="#0000FF" size="3"&gt;You can't pay in to something forever and forever get back more than you're paying in.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Well, certainly that is my understanding of what happens with the poorer countries in an attempt to help them improve their trading and social status to bring them up to a par with most of the rest of the EU.&amp;nbsp; They currently receive more than they pay in.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;And I don't think we can easily find out if there is a time limit for their improvement and I don't think it's at all clear that the lesson of bringing Greece into the EU when it was patently unready and unfit, has been learned.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;But the UK has never got back as much, let alone more than it has paid in - hence the threats from certain politicians in France and Germany because we are something of a cash cow to the EU.&amp;nbsp; They haven't got the cajones to say that without the UK, which is one of the top trading nations in the world (just one of our achievement), the EU is going to be up the proverbial.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The benefit we are supposed to get from paying in more than we get out in £ for £ terms is that we have 'unfettered' access to selling within the EU - in theory.&amp;nbsp; But nothing is that clear cut.&amp;nbsp; We get to pay to be a member of an ever less exclusive club that is becoming more of an rowdy tavern by the day.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;You will have to find out about Trade Agreements for yourself because I can't give you a short explanation.&amp;nbsp; Here's something to get you going&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_trade_area" target="_blank"&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_trade_area&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Suggest also listening to what not just politicians have to say, but other experts in various fields who can give unbiased and hard factual information.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2016 15:32:58 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>aernethril</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2016-04-19T15:32:58Z</dc:date>
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      <title>OK, in or out?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4685884#M177516</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color="#0000FF" face="book antiqua,palatino" size="3"&gt;How about an RT poll?&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color="#0000FF" face="book antiqua,palatino" size="3"&gt;No reasons, no argument, no debate just a straightforward IN or OUT.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color="#0000FF" face="book antiqua,palatino" size="3"&gt;Me?&lt;FONT color="#FF0000"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt; OUT&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 12:36:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>cee-dee</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-20T12:36:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: OK, in or out?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4685901#M177517</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;OUT&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 12:43:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4685901#M177517</guid>
      <dc:creator>jd.linklater</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-20T12:43:13Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: OK, in or out?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4685913#M177519</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face="helvetica" color="#339966"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT size="5"&gt;IN.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 12:48:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>fallen-archie</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-20T12:48:08Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: OK, in or out?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4685914#M177520</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="6" color="#FF00FF"&gt;Out&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 12:48:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>aandreab1234</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-20T12:48:56Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: OK, in or out?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4685965#M177524</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Shake it all about&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 13:13:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>suzieseaside</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-20T13:13:43Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: OK, in or out?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4685974#M177525</link>
      <description>Out</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 13:15:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>******lynda******</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-20T13:15:38Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: OK, in or out?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4685975#M177526</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;...and do the Hokey Cokey&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 13:15:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>aandreab1234</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-20T13:15:57Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: OK, in or out?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4686041#M177533</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face="arial black,avant garde" size="3" color="#FF0000"&gt;OUT&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 13:38:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4686041#M177533</guid>
      <dc:creator>dark_castle1</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-20T13:38:49Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: OK, in or out?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4686237#M177547</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;IN&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 14:57:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4686237#M177547</guid>
      <dc:creator>lhasa.two</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-20T14:57:44Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: OK, in or out?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4686252#M177549</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Out!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 15:05:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4686252#M177549</guid>
      <dc:creator>astrologica</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-20T15:05:15Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: OK, in or out?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4686331#M177558</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;OUT !!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 15:38:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4686331#M177558</guid>
      <dc:creator>evoman3957</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-20T15:38:53Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: OK, in or out?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4686450#M177571</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;IMG alt="Photobucket" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v115/bearsrme/wollyhattime.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;FONT color="#0000ff" face="comic sans ms,sans-serif" size="3"&gt;Out&amp;nbsp; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 16:30:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>right-then-petal</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-20T16:30:30Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: OK, in or out?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4686453#M177572</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Fence&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 16:30:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4686453#M177572</guid>
      <dc:creator>upthecreekyetagain</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-20T16:30:56Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: OK, in or out?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4686467#M177574</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color="#0000FF" face="book antiqua,palatino" size="3"&gt;As people posted, I've been guessing who'd say in or out before I looked and I've not been wrong yet...... Until..... I had you down as IN.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 16:37:02 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>cee-dee</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-20T16:37:02Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: OK, in or out?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4686589#M177581</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;The poll as it stands so far is&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Out = 8&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;In = 2&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Abstentions = 1&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Spoiled Votes = 2&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;So far it is going against what the paper polls have said.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 17:35:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4686589#M177581</guid>
      <dc:creator>dark_castle1</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-20T17:35:12Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: OK, in or out?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4686671#M177587</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Abstaining for now, I won't make my mind up until I have read enough about the possible or likely consequences of being in the EU or not.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 18:17:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>suzieseaside</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-20T18:17:56Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: OK, in or out?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4686812#M177593</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I guess plenty of people think a better job can be done, by people other than our current politicians; but at least they are British.&amp;nbsp; Lord knows, at times one wonders if we have anything in common with our fellow countrymen ( we always seem to be split down the middle, 50% wanting one thing &amp;amp; 50% the other )..........but at least we come from the same land, have the same history and have ancestors; that died for the same values.&amp;nbsp; If you want our laws and values made and controlled by a German, Frenchman, Romanian, Hungarian, Poll, Czeck, etc etc.........then vote to stay in the EU.&amp;nbsp; But remember if, in years to come, you don't recognize the country you live in anymore.......don't be surprised.&amp;nbsp; I don't know if this info. is any good, but the more the better before we make this crucial decision.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://fullfact.org/europe/uk-law-what-proportion-influenced-eu/" target="_blank"&gt;https://fullfact.org/europe/uk-law-what-proportion-influenced-eu/&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 19:15:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>evoman3957</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-20T19:15:14Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: OK, in or out?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4686987#M177598</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I don't think a poll of RT posters will reflect anything like the national polls are suggesting. Some of us may not even be around by the time a referendum is held. The fact that CD has been able to predict the majority of our answers correctly is not simply a testimony to his intuition but also more obvious given the nature of discussions on here and the snuffing out of opposing views.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;From what I can gather most see the EEC as being responsible for all that is wrong in our country today from the level of immigration to the excessive spending by the bureaucratic machine spawned. You seldom hear much positive feedback as those with vested interests, especially the media, continue to churn out all the negatives they can find.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am ambivalent toward the outcome and can see both points of view, My only hope is that people really think carefully about the future and the direction the world is moving. We are still independent nations who have chosen to develop closer cooperation. As a result there are many petty arguments, each nation jockeying for whatever advantage it can gain. Never really been any different, Still if and when we do seek to leave we can always return to fighting them on the beaches.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 20:32:16 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>fallen-archie</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-20T20:32:16Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: OK, in or out?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4687018#M177601</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I have to say that, even on a wider front, the United Nations must be one of the most&amp;nbsp;dysfunctional organizations ever created. It must just be an organization thing, the bigger they are.......the more useless they are.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 20:43:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>evoman3957</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-20T20:43:06Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: OK, in or out?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/OK-in-or-out/m-p/4687085#M177607</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Need to look at the stats more, but in the eu only Germany and France seem to be of any significance, compared to the rag tag hangers on. They need our trade more than we need theirs as far as exports go. The last week has shown what a painful process the EU has become as&amp;nbsp;bureaucratic and wasteful as anything i can remember.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I say OUT&amp;nbsp;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;&amp;nbsp;except that small coward in me may change their mind at the last mo&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 21:04:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>start-the-fire</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-20T21:04:44Z</dc:date>
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