Brexit NHS Funding Promise broken

[Pannonian]

Re 1) -- that is government spin 101, so I have no doubt you are correct

re 2) -- I would be surprised if the UK gets more from the EU than it contributes. Moreover, you don't note that they have the option of discontinuing the program referenced

The bare numbers don't tell everything. The UK government has a tendency to concentrate funding on London. The EU makes sure the provinces get their share of funding. Hence the southwest voting to leave the EU, then promptly asking the UK government for reassurances that EU funding will be made up for. They're idiots who deserve every bit of pain that they will get from shooting themselves in the foot.