NO 4-  National Interest

Always anxious to play its part eurofacts is keen to point out to the obvious truth that a genuinely

EUROSCEPTIC GOVERNMENT

will find it easier to find CUTS than a

EUROPHILE ONE

for the simple reason that many EU programmes are

HUGELY EXPENSIVE -UNNECESSARY

-at least when judged from the perspective of the

BRITISH NATIONAL INTEREST

as well as unpopular with the voter.

Who would lament the passing of

Regional Development Agencies

and with them what remains of the notion of a

EUROPE of the REGIONS.

Apart from John Prescott, almost no one.

The RDAs in which £15 BILLION of TAX-PAYER'S MONEY has so far been spent are a byword for

EXCESS and INEFFICIENCY.

They should follow

REGIONAL ASSEMBLES

onto the scrap heap of history.

The Taxpayer's Alliance has calculated that their

2009-2010 BUDGET

of

£2.19 BILLION

 would be sufficient to finance  a four pence reduction in the

SMALL BUSINESS RATE or CORPORATION TAX

[And no doubt help to SAVE REAL JOBS.]

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