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the block grant to Scotland in 2019/20 was £32 billion, whereas EU RDF was €1.8 billion for 2014-2020
or put another way: the UK block grant provides Scotland more than 128x more the EU funding over the same period
put another way: EU funding is 0.78% of that provided by the UK, which I think is fair to describe as a rounding error
additional points:
1. the RDF only exists because of Westminster: the UK government made it a condition when it joined the EEC in 1972
2. EU funds spent in the UK are funds from Westminster as the UK is (well, was, thankfully) a net contributor
(as a general observation: innumeracy amongst ultra-remainers seems to be very common)
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the block grant to Scotland in 2019/20 was £32 billion, whereas EU RDF was €1.8 billion for 2014-2020
or put another way: the UK block grant provides Scotland more than 128x more the EU funding over the same period
put another way: EU funding is 0.78% of that provided by the UK, which I think is fair to describe as a rounding error
additional points:
1. the RDF only exists because of Westminster: the UK government made it a condition when it joined the EEC in 1972
2. EU funds spent in the UK are funds from Westminster as the UK is (well, was, thankfully) a net contributor
(as a general observation: innumeracy amongst ultra-remainers seems to be very common)