Now, is there money to be recovered if the UK get out of the EU? Yes, I believe so. How much is it? We'll have to see. But either way, that it's more complex than simply immediately getting 350 mil per day is not a surprise at all.
The whole £350 million was obviously to entice a certain type of vote. NHS is the largest employer up North I think, specifically where Tories often do worse. It also appeals to older people who are depending on NHS services more and more with each passing year.
They were explaining it the other day on one of the political programmes. OK, we send Brussels £350 millions a week (let's assume figures are correct). We get our rebates and the EU choose which programmes in which countries to fund. The thing is the EU has funded lots around the country - the entire EU is about bringing up the standard for everyone. It distributes wealth where needed. Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, the North-East, town like Ebbw Vale and places like Cornwall. And yes, as one of the countries who can contribute more, we get a little less back.
You're advocating giving all this money back to central government for them to do what they want with. You do remember money not trickling North right? The North being left to die? This is not even mentioning projects like Trident and HS2 because our government has a great track record of delivering large scale projects on time, under budget and with real deliverables that enhance service......not to mention the expense of still needing to secure access to the single market, as well as money to secure other trade deals.
This is a way to move money round on the back of large third party contracts, which are overpriced and under deliver, and to create a black hole of 'trade agreements' where money can be 'lost' or 'written off'. Given how all the politicians in places of power seem to still advocate clearly leaving the EU, I'm going to guess there is a plan of sorts. Or at least an end goal. The fact no-one knows what it is or the fact it's obfuscated from the public, is concerning for me.