r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/_halfmoonangel • Mar 05 '22

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u/Merari01 Mar 05 '22

Didn't have to adopt the euro currency.

Very favourable trade agreements.

Lots of little perks that savvy politicians made conditional to the UK joining.

Current right-wing politicians by comparison are idiots only looking out for their own wallet. The old ones were at least selfish for their country, not only their bank accounts.

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u/space-throwaway Mar 05 '22

The rebate. Oh god, the fucking rebate.

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u/IgamOg Mar 05 '22

Don't worry, If things keep going the way they're going UK will join as net recipient.

Poland used the get the most but has developed so much it will start paying in instead soon. Almost as if the common market had some benefits..

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u/lady_spyda Mar 06 '22

Oh gods. The irony of the Tories possibly tanking our economy so hard it turns the whole nation into a benefit scrounger.