Young Hungarians thinks the EU will help their economy
Tue 7:26 am +00:00, 14 Apr 2026 9Hungary is a small country surrounded by EU territory. Orban wanted help from Trump and the US, which never came. Trump kept throwing Orban under a bus. Trump wasn’t listening to Orban’s advice. Zelensky blocked the Druzba pipeline causing sever economic problems in Hungary. Trump did nothing about it.
Russia is disappointed to lose Orban, who vetoes EU sanctions on many occasions.
At the end of the UnHerd video there was a question about the UK wanting to align itself more with the EU.
Get real. Starmer was pushed into the post as PM to get the UK back into the EU. That has been the aim of all those who were devastated when the referendum of 2016 went against them and they plan by any means possible to get back on the EU gravy train.
In the UK we’re currently being put through pain compliance. Financial pain, travel pain, energy shortages etc. The goal being that once we’re hurting enough we’ll comply. The current travel problems are created pain to get us to ask to rejoin the EU. We know the tactics but sadly I think going back to the EU is inevitable.
Agreed both
The UK political class all wanted us to stay in. They’ve never wavered from trying to get us back in by hook or by crook ever since Brexit
Eventual return feels inevitable to me, who will stop them?
The main barrier is the Pound Sterling, and people not wanting to lose a currency outside the massively indebted eurozone. The bankers inside The Bank Of Engkand are milking the UK of fifty billion a year with deliberate wrong trades on longterm debt. Wrong as far as the taxpayer is concerned but right as far as the bankers are concerned. This cash cow would be lost if Sterling merged into the Euro – and the private owners of the bank would want to keep it going. Of course it is politic to say we are coming back in, and the military events taking place which will also make big money for the powerful, have to take priority – but they do like their sterling milk cow.
Makes sense, it’s always about the money
Did the UK ever leave the EU, I very much doubt we did leave, they just told us we left, lies as usual. To me the one big clue we are still in the EU is, we still pay VAT Tax. As far as I am aware, that is an EU introduced and based tax and all funds raised go to the EU. If we did actually leave, why are we still paying it and aren’t the people of the UK are due a huge refund for all VAT paid since 2016. I seriously doubt we ever left, or have I got it wrong.
For what it’s worth, AI says:
Do VAT funds received in UK go straight to the EU?
No—VAT collected in the UK does not go straight to the EU.
Here’s how it works:
🇬🇧 In the UK today (post-Brexit)
VAT (Value Added Tax) is collected by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
That money goes into the UK government’s general revenue.
It’s used to fund public services like healthcare, education, and infrastructure.
🇪🇺 Before Brexit (pre-2020)
While the UK was a member of the European Union, a small portion of VAT was used to calculate part of the UK’s contribution to the EU budget.
Even then, VAT didn’t literally get sent “directly” to the EU—rather, it was part of a formula used to determine overall contributions.
Bottom line
Now: VAT stays entirely within the UK.
Before Brexit: A portion indirectly contributed to EU funding, but not as a direct transfer of VAT receipts.
I asked it to define “small portion”:
“Small proportion” in this context was well under 1% of UK VAT receipts.
More precisely:
When the UK was in the European Union:
The EU applied a standard call rate of about 0.3% to a harmonised VAT base (not total VAT actually collected).
Because that VAT base was capped at 50% of a country’s Gross National Income (GNI), the effective share was even smaller.
What that meant in practice:
The UK typically collected £120–£140 billion in VAT annually.
The VAT-based contribution to the EU budget was roughly £2–£3 billion per year.
👉 So in real terms:
That’s roughly 1.5%–2% of VAT receipts,
Or about 0.1% of the UK economy (GDP).
Why it’s called “small”
Because:
Most EU funding came from GNI-based contributions, not VAT.
The VAT element was just one component of a larger formula, and not the main driver.
I don’t think it’s for just yet, but the EU will eventually explode and that will be a moment for all of us to rejoice.