IMF’s six claims about Brexit risk check out
Fears over uncertainty, disrupted trade, protracted divorce talks, financial volatility and loss of single market benefits are all too real.
Dublin braces for pain of Brexit
Joint EU membership has transformed ties between Ireland and Britain. Dublin fears the worst if Brexit ends the happy symbiosis.
BBC lets Phones4U founder off the hook
John Caudwell got away with spurious claims about security, EU budget and trade on Today Programme.
Redwood wrong on Brexit savings and trade damage
Tory MP says Brexit would save taxpayers £10bn, letting us end austerity, while posing no risk to trade. Untrue.
Tory turmoil raises risk in event of Brexit
IDS’ resignation increases chance Tories won’t be able to balance budget. That’s especially worrying if we quit EU.
Will 3 million jobs be lost if we quit EU?
The Sun and IDS accuse Cameron of saying this. If he had, he’d be wrong. But he actually made a different, correct claim.
Boris’ Brexit babble battles bureaucracy
Boris Johnson says EU passes 2,500 new regulations a year costing Britain £600m a week. He’s wrong.
Brexit is Project Face-up-to-reality
Contemplating post-Brexit chaos is not Project Fear but Project-Face-up-to-reality, as Scotland knows all too well.
EU could limit euro trading in London post Brexit
Former governor of the Banque de France argues Brussels couldn’t tolerate euro trading in the City post Brexit.
Free-market Brexiteers dabble in mercantilism
It’s economics 101 that trade benefits both importers and exporters. But eurosceptics have forgotten the lesson.
Brexit could, in extremis, trigger budget squeeze
A fall in sterling is likely; a banking crisis is most unlikely; a gilts strike is possible, if improbable.
City won’t thrive if we quit EU
In worst case, City will lose passport to operate in EU. In best case, we'll have to adopt EU rules without a vote.