Is there a legal obligation to pay £39 billion pounds to the EU?

"There are legal obligations that this country has."

The question is how much???

Pay 39 billion to put us in a worse position than we are now.

Marvellous.

It was only a House Of Lords committee that decided that the UK would have a strong legal case for defaulting on the bill, which has since been agreed by Govt. Other voices have counselled that  "In whatever circumstances we leave the EU, there will be financial obligations and commitments we shall have to abide by"- to quote the PM directly today.
If the UK was to renege on the bill, it is highly likely that the matter would be decided in the Hague, at the permanent court of international arbitration.
Rees Mogg and his gang have been playing fast and loose with the £39b figure. It's a form of dishonesty to promise it to the people when it is not theirs to give.

Your Prime Minister says you are incorrect, Dr Crippen. In fact she said "In whatever circumstances we leave the EU, there will be financial obligations and commitments we shall have to abide by" about four hours ago.

We agreed initially on this figure so that we could enter negotiations.
May has negotiated nothing and conceded almost everything before settling for crumbs.
Hard to see anything of real value for the UK in this deal.

What about the future financial obligations of the EU, all the buildings that our contributions have paid for, how much rent will we get?

If we leave without a deal there is nothing pay according to the House of Lords.

perhaps better than this.....but the EU are not making it easy for us to leave

It is of crucial importance.
£39billion going on £60billion thanks to this 'deal', is one helluva bargaining chip.
The Don would have used it well.

It was never going to be easy...but it has to be done

It was what people voted for....OUT of the EU

1. We must have future control of immigration from the EU...I believe that is why people voted out myself.

I see this has been pushed back a bit, and there must be some concern over the 'soft' border in Ireland?


2. We need to do business with the EU, so some sort of Trade Deal is really important

I assume the 39 Billion is for this, it is a lot of money, are we getting value here?

UB really is clueless

Sine Parliament cannot seem to agree whether there is legal obligation, then how is anybody on here going to know?

But it seems likely that if we don't pay, and the EU think we should, then they will not give us the trade deal which we need?


You are right akabula, I am clueless

Sorry Ebul. The clueless quip was aimed at U nited B iscuit.
You, as per normal, talk sense.

and akabula

Mrs May has boxed herself into a corner. Hammond's prophesies will not convince anyone as all past projections from  the Dept of "Project Fear" simply have not materialised.

Mrs May is a survivor but that's all she is. She has one last chance to prove she has some vision and spine and could therefore do no worse than press the Brexit nuclear button by going to Brussels saying, "Sorry guys, the maths don't add up. Parliament will not approve the plan, so here's what will happen"

1/ There is no money, we need the £39 billion to smooth the way for businesses to adapt to WTO rules.

2/ That's right we're going WTO. You export more to us than we do to you. Let us know if you want to smooth things over for your exporters, we'll expect the same treatment for our exporters.

3/ We will continue to abide by the Northern Irish agreement. It up to you if you let Ireland do the same. Discuss it with them, not us.

3/ Euro ex-pats living in the UK can expect the same rights and benefits they currently enjoy. We expect that British Expats in the EU to be similarly treated.

4/ You'll continue to receive the best intelligence from our security agencies, of course we'll expect free access to your intelligence in return. Remember we have access to Five Eyes Intelligence - you don't. 

5/ You want some of our money? Fine, tempt us with something amazing.

Granted, its a strategy not without risks but the current plan is one massive bureaucratic bog.

With this hard-nosed approach Mrs May will win most of the Brexit vote at the next general election, as for the Leavers, many don't trust Corbyn (who's a closet Brexiteer in any case) and they certainly don't relish McDonnell manning the UK cash register.