It was perhaps a bit premature to suggest that CETA, the EU-Canada Free Trade agreement was dead in the water. Less than a week ago, it appeared to be on the rocks due to strong opposition form Wallonia, the French-speaking […]
A series of post-referendum briefings. Milton Friedman is quoted as saying that “It’s just obvious but you can’t have free immigration and a welfare state”. Indeed. Much of the conventional political thinking of the last twenty five years has suffered […]
One of the most nauseating features of the post referendum period is the effortless assumption of superiority by those who lost the vote. They are, they maintain, the educated people, the successful people, the outward-looking liberal people, the idealistic young […]
Businesses have to abide by all manner of regulations. Many have come to us from the EU but are made elsewhere and are, to a greater or lesser extent global, with the EU merely acting as a conduit. For instance, […]
Someone had to say it sooner or later: the Boaty McBoatface saga shows that the public cannot be trusted to make a sensible choice so let’s override the Brexit vote. For the benefit of anyone unaware of this rather amusing […]
Opposition to TTIP was not just confined to leave supporters in the UK. A petition of three million signatures from across the EU, all urging the EU not to continue with the controversial EU-US trade agreement, was handed in to […]
