UK needs EU more than it needs us
Brexiteers say EU would need trade deal if we quit because it sells us more than we do. We’d be the desperate ones.
Boris’ latest scare tactic: EU superstate
Johnson says we’ll be dragged “willy-nilly” into a superstate. Even if such a thing emerged, it wouldn’t include UK.
UK should not copy Canada
“Maple leaf model” of EU relations would be significant economic setback for UK - and would replicate Brexit bugbears
Boris blunders with Brexit bluster
Mayor of London has got his facts wrong on prawn cocktail crisps, euro-condoms, balloons, teabags, lorries and laws.
Let’s fight Brexit on the big issues
Cameron’s deal is decent enough - but the main reasons to stay in the EU are geopolitical and economic.
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.
Post-Brexit City firms must still abide by rules
Access to the EU market will always depend on single market rules. The idea we could cheat the system is preposterous.
City of London could be carved up post Brexit
That, at least, was a key conclusion of Open Europe’s acrimonious post-Brexit simulation.