I note that UKIP like to stress the entirety of UK's payments in, versus grants handed back, whereas a more granular analysis might reveal that Scotland, Wales, N.I. and some of the more deprived parts of England are net beneficiaries of EU. In effect, having EU decide to redistribute UK tax take to where it is most needed, in a manner in which London-boosting Westminster piticiams wouldn't do, if we were no longer in the club.
Nichola's EU-philia clearly centres on this belief that Scotland would be quids in. (How Scotland is supposed to meet EU entry terms when it lacks its own currency is probably something she has overlooked).
My instincts still say out because, to have MEPs and an additional layer of beaurocrats, over and above existing sovereign administrations means no country could ever get back 100% of what it paid in.
Alternatively, if you want to be in EU, then press for the dismantling of Westminster and the devolved parliaments in Scotland and Wales *and* most of our Civil Service because all this duplicate governmental effort is being funded by the beleagured taxpayer.