With just under a year to go until Britain leaves the European Union a new Brexit lie has emerged. Actually, it’s a variant on an old theme: the infamous “£350 million a week for the National Health Service (NHS) if we vote Leave” has become a promise. The lie is that more cash for the NHS will come from a “Brexit dividend”. UK social insurance contributions should always be checked out by Irish taxpayers who moan about the USC. Its rates of national insurance are already at eye-watering levels compared with our own.

Source: The Irish Times April 01, 2018 12:11 UTC