So Brussels has demanded that ‘Britain’ pay an extra £1.7 billion towards the EU budget. By ‘Britain’ they don’t mean the British Government, but the British Taxpayer. You and me.

Why must we pay this money? To support rebates being given to France and Germany. I don’t object to the Germans getting a rebate. They have paid enough over the years. But France! Their economic failure is all down to the socialist insanity of Hollande and his crew.

Recent British economic success … yes we have been successful, which is why we must pay … is all down to our willingness to suffer the recent austerity measures. Meanwhile the wasteful government in France, spending money it doesn’t have on ideological nonsense, simply holds out its hand and slips it into British pockets. Nigel Farage will be counting his extra votes by the sackload.

The EU strategy is known as ‘Investing in Failure’. And when you invest in failure, that is exactly what you get.