Score Settling The Greek MEP, Stelios Kouloglou, insists that the EU’s Brexit negotiators must raise the issue of the return of the “Elgin Marbles” to the Parthenon. This has concerned Greek politicians for many years but regardless of whether the case is justified it is not related to EU membership. Member states should not link … More Signs of Fragility
There must be a less top-heavy form of collaboration that would not be so risky and that Britain could participate in wholeheartedly. There is a pre-existing, broader community of European nations which can be built upon to create a more practical solution. EU leaders and advocates seem to assume that theirs is the best or … More An Alternative for Europe
It is of course possible that Brexit will turn out to be a disaster for Britain, and it could be if we don’t take suitable action. We believe that Britain will cope, in part because of our history and experience and in part because the EU is itself failing, perhaps terminally. Some doubters claim that … More Service Advantage
Brexit negotiations have begun at last. Ninety-eight British negotiators showed up for the Battle of Brussels, ready to go and smiling for the cameras – or were most of them extras hired from Pinewood Studios? We simply don’t know how ready the Government is. It seems likely that we’re in for months of pointless argument. … More Interregnum
Vince Cable was chosen, unopposed, as the new leader of the Liberal Democrats and promised to continue his party’s policy of denying us the Brexit we voted for. “The people didn’t vote to be poorer”, he said in his acceptance speech, repeating the lie given last year by Philip Hammond and echoed by George Osborne. We … More Brief Lies
Remainers are pleased with their often-repeated slogan that “the people didn’t vote to be poorer.” But they did. Or at least they voted to leave the EU despite being given an official Government warning in a pre-Referendum mailshot that the economy would suffer an immediate shock, jobs would be lost and families would be permanently … More For Richer or Poorer?
On Wednesday 12 July Michel Barnier, chief negotiator for the EU, gave a press briefing. We highlight in this post a few points where he wishes us to believe that the EU’s fixed position is based on law or logic in order to cover decisions that are in fact more or less arbitrary choices. As … More A Tangled Web
That is the question. Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the bungs and sorrows of outrageous fortune seekers, or with a bold ruling end them? Badness in great ones must not unwatched go. The EU has many examples of absurd regulations, for example the Germans can’t label their jam as ‘marmalade’ in … More To See, or Not to See?
In two recent posts (Regime Standards and Shorties-10) we concluded that the EU’s ideology of ever closer union has done identifiable damage in at least one area – fire standards. Once the EU has regulated a standard its member states are obliged to implement that standard and not introduce anything that contradicts it, even if … More Standard Confusion
A collection of five short, independent pieces on various topics. Distributed Culpability In his blog EUReferendum.com Dr Richard North has a series of posts examining the relevance of EU standards to the cause of the disastrous fire at Grenfell Tower in London on June 15. He has been able to trace back the origin of … More Shorties-10
This EU Won't Work 