It’s time to ditch Project Fear for Project Prosperity and embrace the Brexit...
What should we make of the recent research from Oxford University and the LSE that a big majority of voters, including many Remainers, now favour a so-called ‘hard Brexit’, meaning we leave the customs...
View ArticleA new model economy post-Brexit will benefit those in Britain who need it most
For too long prominent economists have got away with the implausible claim that Brexit cannot lead to any significant benefit for the UK economy and that the only way to avoid disaster is to stay in...
View ArticleBoris is right – Brexit does mean taking back full control of £350 million...
Sir David Norgrove of the UK Statistics Authority has written to Boris Johnson to accuse him of misusing official statistics by repeating “the figure of £350 million per week in connection with the...
View ArticleCast off the gloomy Treasury forecasts and seize the opportunities of Brexit
At long last, the penny seems to have dropped with Chancellor Philip Hammond. The headline of his Budget message was that we need to “seize the opportunities” of Brexit. Hallelujah! The solid economic...
View ArticleWhy Labour should embrace free trade and campaign to stay out of the EU...
Labour Party policy on Brexit is precariously balanced. Many party members and MPs would love nothing less than to reverse Brexit completely. At the same time, the party knows it is unlikely to regain...
View ArticleCorbyn’s customs union plan is bizarre: what on earth is he thinking?
Last July, Barry Gardiner, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade, warned in The Guardian that a separate EU customs agreement like that of Turkey “would preclude us from making our...
View ArticleIt’s time Philip Hammond and the Treasury took seriously the economic...
After Salzburg, the way forward for Theresa May is clear. She must shift her position towards a simpler free trade deal (Canada ++) which would command the support the House of Commons and not...
View ArticleLabour MPs in Leave-backing seats should not be tempted into backing May’s deal
Now is a moment of truth for Labour MPs. Theresa May’s decision to go back on her manifesto promises and agree a deal which would tie the UK to EU rules indefinitely but without us having a say in...
View ArticleA riposte to the Project Fear narrative promoted by The Economist
Theresa May has achieved the remarkable feat of uniting the nation. Leavers and Remainers of all stripes have come together to condemn the Withdrawal Agreement she has negotiated with the EU. This...
View ArticleLabour MPs should start embracing a no-deal Brexit
The below is an extract from Economists for Free Trade’s recent report, No Deal is the Best Deal for Britain The Brexit negotiations have brought an interesting paradox to light: politicians who have...
View ArticleA permanent UK-EU customs union would create worse problems that those it...
The most likely effect of Jeremy Corbyn’s announcement that Labour will support some form of second referendum is to increase the probability that the UK leave the EU without a formal trade deal. That...
View ArticleMPs have given Theresa May the authority to leave the EU on 12th April...
Now that Theresa May’s Withdrawal Agreement has been voted down for the third time, most commentators are peddling the line that MPs have voted against all the possible alternatives. That is not...
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