That is a very skewed view. The fact that we are a part of a very large trading bloc means economies of scale. Can you put a figure to that? Our net contribution (part of the deal is that the richest countries contribute the most) helps to improve the market in the poorer parts of Europe, which works to our benefit as well. How do you cost that? We can trade freely without tariffs. That would no longer be the case if we left, and we would no longer have any say in EU fiscal policies even though they would still affect us. It would cost us dear in terms of making our import-export trade with the EU far more expensive. The non-payment of tariffs must be factored in as a counter to your figure. The daily-money-down-the-drain UKIP argument is completely simplistic and fallacious. I'm a bloody long way from being an expert on these things, and I'm no defender of the EU's more egregious imbalances (I mean, what a profound mistake the euro was), but this much I think I sort of know. It's easy, and just a little facile, to quote the uncomplicated part, our daily/weekly/annual net money contribution, whilst ignoring those benefits to us that are a lot harder to put numbers to and that the ukippers hope we won't notice.