A secret delegation from Mars has made a peaceful visit to Earth to learn the best principles for trade between communities. NASA is hoping to land astronauts on Mars by around 2030. Previous rover vehicles (and Britain’s own, crashed, Beagle 2 spacecraft), having been sent to check the planet for life forms, aroused the curiosity … More The Martian Perspective
A frequent complaint about the EU is its obsession with regulation. Is this necessary and are the regulators qualified to set the rules? Not always. To enforce greater energy efficiency on small appliances Brussels intends to limit the power of kettles (the plan has been delayed until after the UK referendum so as not to … More Regulation, Regulation, Regulation
An economic model is a rough approximation of some factors that affect an economy; this is fed with some approximate numbers or best guesses (possibly influenced by who made the guesses); the result may be interesting but it’s unlikely to be correct. Even the BBC (sometimes) agrees with this. The BBC have produced an entertaining … More On Economic Models
Time indeed! We’ve picked out some of the more honest quotations from Herr Juncker, which were included in a speech he gave in Strasbourg on 9 September 2015. We’ve tried to refrain from adding our comments as he makes our points well enough, though perhaps this was not his intention. ‘This is the moment for … More Still More Juncker
Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission (http://juncker.epp.eu/my-priorities) “My first priority will be to put policies that create growth and jobs at the centre of the policy agenda of the next Commission.” So, he will put his policies on an agenda, which surely is where they belong. We know that not even elected governments can … More More Juncker
Lies, damned lies and hardly any statistics! A response to the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign leaflet. “Over 3 million UK jobs are linked to our exports to the EU.” What do they mean by “linked”? Will there be 3 million additional unemployed if we leave the EU (or anything like that)? This is typical … More Britain Strangled in Europe
It is remarkable that the EU expects member nations to be democratic yet its own institutions are not. At the time of our last referendum, 51 years ago, Tony Benn asked of the EU: to whom are you accountable and how do we get rid of you? These remain good questions, which haven’t been answered, … More Democracy
The “project for peace” has made union its fundamental objective but stable unions are based on consent rather than deviousness. The EU was designed in a different age for different circumstances. Even then it had major design flaws and it has failed to adapt to meet today’s challenges. It is especially unsuitable for the UK, … More Ever Closer Union
Disinformation (lies and statistics) The main goal is in plain sight and yet it is mendaciously obscured. Voters are confused: what they can plainly see is different from what they are told so they lose confidence in their ability to understand and many would rather leave the decision to better-qualified people, such as the mandarins … More Through the Looking Glass
…and changing accordingly The current EU/EMU projects are justified by the belief that economic, political and social development can (only) be achieved from the top down. This cannot be proved since the belief is false, defying both logic and experience. The claim that the Union can deliver desirable outcomes better than individual nations is unproven. … More Learning from experience
This EU Won't Work 