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SpanishBrexit-bashing Lords receive £500k in EU pensions a year and aren’t allowed to criticise Brussels… but won’t say so in Brexit debate
BREXIT-bashing peers are pocketing generous EU pensions which depend on them flying the flag for their Brussels paymasters.
But they will not be required to declare their gold-plated income if they speak in this week’s crucial debate on Britain’s withdrawal.
The EU forks out over £500,000 a year in pensions to 30 former MEPs and officials in the Lords.
They include seven ex-European Commissioners who swore an oath of loyalty to Brussels that means they risk losing their pension if they attack their old institutions.
It would take a combined pension pot of £10million to provide retirement income for the ex-EU peers on the same scale in the private sector.
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