It has cost more to go through brexit, than the previous 47 years of contributions put together.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/brexit/brexit-will-soon-have-cost-the-uk-more-than-all-of-its-payments-to-the-eu-over-the-last-47-years-put-together/ar-BBYWF39
Yet the UK recruits Commonwealth soldiers, sailors and airmen, and then charges them £2389 to stay when their service is finished.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/mar/08/grave-injustice-fiji-british-army-veteran-immigration-limbo-uk
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