Template:Did you know nominations/Northern Ireland subsidy

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:29, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Northern Ireland fiscal deficit

  • ... that the Northern Ireland subsidy is greater than the United Kingdom's annual net expenditure on the European Union was before Brexit? Source: Estimates of UK net subsidy of EU in 2019 was 8.9 billion[1]; estimate of the Northern Ireland subsidy is 10 billion[2]; comparison made in this opinion piece[3]

Created by Buidhe (talk). Self-nominated at 23:13, 22 April 2020 (UTC).

  • Article was created on 22 April, is long enough, appears neutral, cites sources inline, no apparent copyvio. Hook is interesting and meets requirements, its verification requires comparing two sources and draws on a third but this seems okay. QPQ done. Whizz40 (talk) 21:09, 24 April 2020 (UTC)