PHONY TONY

‘The UK rebate will remain and we will not negotiate it away - period.’

Tony Blair, 8 June

‘The rebate exists because otherwise there would be this quite unfair proportion of British contribution.’

Tony Blair, 9 June

‘We cannot discuss the existence of the British rebate unless we discuss the whole of the financing of the European Union.’

Tony Blair, 13 June

‘The rebate is an anomaly that has to go.’

Tony Blair, 21 June