When is Britain loosing money? Regarding Portugal, all I can see is a really nice investment [1] and being paid back with [2]. Which means EU lenders are actually profiting.

[1] http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-portugal-imf-repayment-idUK...

[2] https://ycharts.com/indicators/portugal_long_term_interest_r...

Not if they use your money to buy things from your country.

Great. Now make the journey from here to there.