The UK is not married to the EU, and therefore there is no ‘divorce bill’.
Published Oct 20, 2017
Following the conclusions of this week's Council meeting in Brussels,
Gerard Batten MEP, the UKIP Brexit spokesman said,
“Fifteen months after the Referendum two things are glaringly obvious:
Mrs May is completely unable or unwilling to take control of the situation, and
the EU is determined to hold Britain to ransom.
“How many times does it need to be said? The UK is not married to the EU,
and therefore there is no ‘divorce bill’. Even so, when couples divorce there is
usually a dividing of assets, not a one-sided bill.
“Mrs May should end this fiasco by telling the EU not only are we leaving
but that we don’t owe them a penny. They owe us a lot, given that we have always
been one of the top net contributors to the budget, and we own a big share of
the EU’s assets. But never mind, working out how much we are owed is not worth
the time and effort and we are moving out and they can keep the
assets.
“Mrs May and the UK Government is actually in a very strong position to
tell the EU how our exit is going to work but she persists in grovelling to the
EU from a supine position of self-imposed weakness.
“This is now beyond a joke and unless someone takes control then fiasco
and farce will descend into tragedy. And the tragedy will be that we either
don’t leave at all or end up with a ‘deal’ that amounts to continued membership
of the EU in all but name.
"Mrs May should hand over full control the job to achieving our quick and
unencumbered exit from the EU to someone who actually wants to make it
happen".
