Boris assurances on Northern Ireland unconvincing
UK and Ireland have enjoyed passport-free travel for almost a century. Brexit would put it into question.
Passport buying jihadis figment of IDS imagination
Minister says terrorists could buy EU citizenship and attack London. Is he aware of the checks they’d have to pass?
Hannan wrong on single market, free movement link
Tory MEP says it’s nonsense to claim single market access requires free movement. He’s wrong.
Migration is a two-way street – Brits benefit too
New migration statistics were greeted with predictably hysterical headlines. But they leave out half the story.
UK to enforce loan repayments from EU students
EU students never repaying UK loans is a common gripe. New rules could mean less ammunition for Eurosceptics.
More than treaties keep migrants in France
Even if France scrapped Le Touquet treaty post Brexit, asylum-seekers would struggle to reach UK for other reasons.
UKIP delight in Turkish scaremongering
Its party political broadcast suggests Turkey could join the EU in 2020. That’s just one of many fanciful claims.
Cameron should correct error on in-work benefits
The PM told MPs last week 40% of EU migrants claim in-work benefits. That figure counts out-of-work benefits too.
Pro-Europeans shouldn’t big up Cameron’s deal
The pro-EU case doesn’t rest on the concessions provisionally agreed. These are useful, not revolutionary.
Dublin asylum rules reform is not EU blackmail
Eurosceptic claims that Dublin Regulation reforms would ‘bully’ Britain into taking more asylum seekers are premature and make little sense.
Tabloids in muddle over German petrol tax idea
Sun and Express think EU will tax petrol to pay for Germany’s refugee crisis. It won’t because UK has a veto.
Cologne attackers long way from passport to UK
UKIP’s claim that the sex fiends will effectively have a British passport in 3-4 years is untrue.