You're not reading very well again Andrew, and as per usual you also seem to be incapable of getting the numbers right.
The £5bn is the total take in the UK in 2025/26, with £3.75bn the amount the EU would take. The net figure you use is that from 2017, the cheapest level in a seven year period (wonder why you chose that one).
The EU budget hasn't stood still Andrew. The annual gross contribution level for 2028 for the UK, were we to be a member, is estimated to be around £35 Billion. It would take around £100 billion of GDP to generate that amount of tax revenue to pay for it - which completely wipes out any talk of a 4% GDP loss. Completely.
But seeing as you've never understood the figures, I don't expect you to know any of this.
Let's see you cobble together a response to that eh, shall we. Go ahead.
True, but remember that total is already included in the net £9bn contribution to the EU budget.
£9bn sounds a lot but it’s absolute peanuts 🥜 when you compare it to the estimated £140 billion cost saving/synergies from being big part of the EU.
And if you are now reminding us that £5 billion of that £9bn is essentially paid by other countries….
…well, rejoining is a no-brainer.
#rejoinEU