GB fined £150mil by Brussels for not 'flying' the EU flag!

[Asterix]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politic...

so, as we're a net contributor to the EU, should they 'fly' the Union Flag on the stuff we pay for?

Edited by Asterix on Thursday 8th July 16:15

[Digga]

[JMGS4]

They can stuff their blue rag right up their jacksy! I was all for the Common Market but NEVER for a Federal Socialist Union of Europe!

[Tsippy]

Any chance of the government telling them to fk off ? A shame that UKIP didn't do a little better in the elections for times like this!

[NismoGT]

fk the EU. Grow some balls Cameron!

[MX7]

Stupid as it is, the people who oversee that we need to fly the €U flag should be put in the stocks. They have just cost us millions, and it could easily have been avoided.

It seems that Brussels are finding whatever reason they can to fine whoever they can. Farmers, steel industry, air quality, flag waving, Microsoft, energy companies, everyone. I think that while this goes on, countries will become more reserved about what they sign up to.

[HundredthIdiot]

Asterix said:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politic...

so, as we're a net contributor to the EU, should they 'fly' the Union Flag on the stuff we pay for?

"Several schemes that received European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) money were also penalised for failing to use the EU flag on letterheads, according to a Daily Mail report.

However, the EU completely denied the report."

Odds on this being a non-story?

[rs1952]

HundredthIdiot said:

Asterix said:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politic...

so, as we're a net contributor to the EU, should they 'fly' the Union Flag on the stuff we pay for?

"Several schemes that received European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) money were also penalised for failing to use the EU flag on letterheads, according to a Daily Mail report.

However, the EU completely denied the report."

Odds on this being a non-story?

Like most of the anti-EU drivel in the papers

[Muntu]

HundredthIdiot said:

Asterix said:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politic...

so, as we're a net contributor to the EU, should they 'fly' the Union Flag on the stuff we pay for?

"Several schemes that received European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) money were also penalised for failing to use the EU flag on letterheads, according to a Daily Mail report.

However, the EU completely denied the report."

Odds on this being a non-story?

0

Both ERDF and ESF funded projects require the letterhead nonsense IIRC.

[mybrainhurts]

rs1952 said:

HundredthIdiot said:

Asterix said:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politic...

so, as we're a net contributor to the EU, should they 'fly' the Union Flag on the stuff we pay for?

"Several schemes that received European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) money were also penalised for failing to use the EU flag on letterheads, according to a Daily Mail report.

However, the EU completely denied the report."

Odds on this being a non-story?

Like most of the anti-EU drivel in the papers

Let's not worry about that. Let's worry about being bled dry by the corrupt and unaccountable pointless organisation that is the Union of European Socialist States.

The sooner we leave, the better...

[HundredthIdiot]

Muntu said:

Both ERDF and ESF funded projects require the letterhead nonsense IIRC.

Right, but the story is about £150m in fines.

I've seen EU waste first hand, but I'd rather discuss in the context of some facts rather than some probably invented Daily Mail b'locks.

[F i F]

I've had EU money (strictly speaking a low interest part mortgage) on Mrs FiF and my first house. Can I expect a bill?

Got to be a bollards story surely.

[rs1952]

mybrainhurts said:

rs1952 said:

HundredthIdiot said:

Asterix said:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politic...

so, as we're a net contributor to the EU, should they 'fly' the Union Flag on the stuff we pay for?

"Several schemes that received European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) money were also penalised for failing to use the EU flag on letterheads, according to a Daily Mail report.

However, the EU completely denied the report."

Odds on this being a non-story?

Like most of the anti-EU drivel in the papers

Let's not worry about that. Let's worry about being bled dry by the corrupt and unaccountable pointless organisation that is the Union of European Socialist States.

The sooner we leave, the better...

Lets not start again - you know how the last one ended

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a... EU GESTAPO SPIES ON BRITONS&mid=19213

[Muntu]

HundredthIdiot said:

Muntu said:

Both ERDF and ESF funded projects require the letterhead nonsense IIRC.

Right, but the story is about £150m in fines.

I've seen EU waste first hand, but I'd rather discuss in the context of some facts rather than some probably invented Daily Mail b'locks.

Fair enough, when your "probably" becomes fact, I will continue the discussion with you

[Ozzie Osmond]

mybrainhurts said:

The sooner we leave, the better...

So what's your "alternative plan"?

[mybrainhurts]

Ozzie Osmond said:

mybrainhurts said:

The sooner we leave, the better...

So what's your "alternative plan"?

The clue is in the word LEAVE....