- Jul 10, 2003
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Feel free to show me the balance sheet. Barnier keeps ranting on about the 'divorce bill' being one of the three key items to be resolved before we can start trade talks but fails to provide even a figure let alone a detailed breakdown. Personally, if I were the UK government, I'd give him a deadline to provide the figure and breakdown and if he doesn't then stuff them - we walk away and they get nothing.
This isn't difficult, it's pure accountancy, not politics ( unlike the other two sticking points ). Both sides should state a figure with their workings out and then negotiate from there. But let's be honest, the EU doesn't like the fact that one of it's key funders is walking away and the EU are now behaving like a six year old having a tantrum. They need a good old fashioned clip round the ear.
I think that this sums up, in a nutshell, why you should not let unqualified inexperienced people make important decisions