It's no secret!

I wish politicians would stop treating us like idiots.  The PM has gone into table-thumping mode over this demand by the EU that we pay an extra £1.7bn into the European kitty.  Yes, it's an eye-watering sum, and it will detrimentally affect our economy, but why the shocked surprise?  This is an exercise which is carried out by the EU every year at this time.  We knew that, and we also knew the figures that they would be working on - because it was us that provided them.  So we could work out for ourselves (and I'm sure we did) what the outcome would be.  It doesn't make things any better, but please, stop taking us for fools.