The EU’s statements on these topics and how they match with reality. What Does the EU Say It Is? What Is the EU Reality? EU founding father, Jean Monnet, said: “Europe’s nations should be guided towards the superstate without their people understanding what is happening. This can be accomplished by successive steps, each disguised as … More B: Democracy, Subsidiarity & Union-Uniformity
The EU’s statements on these topics and how they match with reality. What Does the EU Say It Is? What Is the EU Really? The EU provides an “economy that works for people”, which means they are “working for social fairness and prosperity. The EU’s unique social market economy allows economies to grow and to … More A: Economy, Common Currency & Eurozone
A summary of the major sources for the evidence used by this blog under four sections reviewing, to be followed by further posts examining each of sections in more detail. Note: An overview of the evidence can be found here: Themes-12: Evidence. (Some items are repeated or extracted in what follows.) Another source of evidence … More From the Horse’s Mouth
A new year, a new Parliament, a new government, a shattered opposition – we are waiting to see how this realignment affects the next stage of withdrawal. Meanwhile we review evidence we have collected that reveals the gaps between the EU’s presentation and its performance. It is amazing how little Brexit is being mentioned in … More New Year Post—An Evidence Review
A major concession by the UK to the Withdrawal Agreement has enabled it to formally leave the EU at the end of next month but the process will not be complete. Some concessions by the EU on the non-binding Political Agreement give room for negotiation on the terms of any trade deal. Both documents are … More Are We Nearly There Yet?
Well, has it or has it not? The new UK government has made many promises but will they really give us a proper Brexit, let alone bring about a new dawn? So said, or asked, Tony Blair when Labour won the 1997 General Election by a landslide; the same ambiguity seems appropriate after the latest … More “A new dawn has broken, has it not?”
The choices facing the electorate are Brexit, no Brexit, or let’s talk about something else. The election next week was called because of deadlock in Parliament over Brexit and the Prime Minister has framed his campaign around this issue. Of course General Elections are usually more general than one-issue campaigns but whilst the Liberal Democrats … More The Brexit Election
Many friends have views about Brexit but often their stance is based on impressions rather than evidence. Of course bias is not eliminated by knowledge but it forms a basis for discussion through which views may be refined or changed. Here are two attempts to engage in real debate. One of our authors sometimes exchanges … More Dear John
Letters to the leaders of contending parties in the coming General Election The Prime Minister has called the General Election to get Brexit done, the Liberal Democrats want to get Brexit undone, Labour want us to focus on anything but Brexit, the nationalist parties primarily want their independence done, while the Greens pretend the EU … More Leading Ladies and Gentlemen Please
Labour once viewed the EU as the agent of corporate business, now its MPs say it must be the custodian of workers’ rights. What changed? The EU hasn’t changed, Labour has; in 1975 the main advocates for leaving the Common Market (as it was then known) were from Labour’s ranks. Its supporters today, who think … More What About the Workers?
This EU Won't Work 