A Japan-UK alliance for open trade?
The Japan-EU talks on a EPA/FTA offer a great opportunity for the UK and Japan to promote open trade and clarify Brexit
Australia puts deal with EU ahead of talks with Britain
Brexiteers have been trumpeting the fact that Australia wants an early trade deal with us. But talks won’t start until 2019.
David Davis’ trade deal fantasies
Chief Brexit negotiator is entitled to be optimistic about our prospects. But some of Davis’ predictions are naïve to the point of fantasy.
Boris Johnson – A man without a plan
The leader of the Leave campaign has woken up to the need for a post-Brexit plan six months too late.
Don’t buy the Sun – wrong then, wrong now.
Eurosceptic paper’s arguments for why the UK should “Be Leave” are based on distortions, faulty logic and wishful thinking.
UK could be punished for leaving, suggests survey
Continental businesses aren’t desperate for UK trade deal at any cost - suggesting exit could be painful and protracted.
Michael Gove’s “free trade” fantasy
Vote Leave claim there’s a European Free Trade Zone from Iceland to the Russian border. They’re right; it’s called the Single Market.
Treasury estimate of Brexit damage rings true
Report finds we could be anywhere from 3.4% to 9.5% of GDP worse off after quitting EU. These estimates seem credible.
It’s the economy stupide!
10 reasons why a Brexit could put British households’ family finances in peril.
1960s show post-Brexit trade deals won’t be easy
Last time UK was on its own, it couldn’t get a European free trade area and mostly had to accept multilateral deals agreed by bigger blocs.
Brexiteer farming plans more “demented” than CAP
Boris recently claimed the CAP was demented. His alternative scheme could make taxpayers and consumers even worse off.
No, a Brexit won’t make you £21,000 better off.
New World Wealth say low immigration, Commonwealth trade and regulatory bonfires will make us richer. They’re wrong.