16/12/2005
The Financial Times â which seems to have its ear to the ground â is telling us that an "eleventh-hour deal" is within reach.
Blair is reported to be preparing a final draft European Union budget which is expected to include an offer by Britain to increase its contributions out of the rebate from the â¬8 billion on offer to â¬11 billion.
In exchange, our revered leader is insisting
L'Escroc accept a review of the EU budget in 2009, although this is widely slated as a figleaf â the review will not commit any member state to accept any changes.
What will be interesting is how Blair dresses this up for his domestic audience.
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