There is quite a bit you can say about the EU. In fact, it is one of the centre of the policy of some parties.

However, let us get it in perspective – see the graph on the right. There are much more important things to talk about.

The data for EU costs are taken from Is our EU membership fee £55 million?, Full Fact, (https://fullfact.org/economy/cost_eu_membership_gross_net_contribution-30887)

Other data from Office of National Statistics