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The Common Purse does indeed pay for those services that the UK does or must provide on our behalf (defence, statutory responsibility for H&E regulation, consular and diplomatic representation etc.) as do VAT receipts (split 70/60000). There was a state fiddle until recently where the Island inflated its population figure (upon which the VAT split is based) by including exaggerated estimates of visitors. We were rumbled.
Presumably the Red Arrows come into that equation which is why we usually get a show over TT. I can only imagine that their touring of enemy occupied Hibernia is aerial reconnaissance.
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David V
Lord Finchley tried to mend the electric light
Himself. It struck him dead and serve him right
It is the duty of the wealthy man
To give employment to the artisan
Last edited by Varley; 7th June 2022 at 17:57.
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