UKIP nuttiness
I see that UKIP in Hammersmith has started making things up to attack the EU with. Our local UKIP candidate wildly calls VAT "solely an EU tax" and says it "will not be paid...once we leave the EU" (see her fantasy words at http://www.shepherdsbushw12.com/default.asp?section=info&page=generalelection006.htm).This is pure invention. Only about 3p of every £100 of VAT paid in Britain goes to the EU. The remaining thousands of millions are spent in Britain on health, education and the rest.It took me five minutes to check this at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_the_European_Union andhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UK_taxes.svgIt makes you wonder how much, if anything, of whatever else UKIP says holds water.
Ben Coleman ● 5479d0 Comments