Before deciding whether the UK should join the Euro the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, drew up 5 economic tests which the UK must pass for the UK to join. However the 5 tests were superfluous. They ignored […]
Forty one years ago I served on a Ministry of Agriculture committee of millers and grain merchants who had the job of preparing our trade for joining the European Common Agricultural Policy. From the abolition of the Corn Laws in 1846 […]
Angela Merkel has clearly more to fear than the recently formed ‘Alternative for Germany’ party which polls indicated could be supported by about a quarter of German voters. On 27 June the SPD candidate for the German Chancellorship in the […]
at the UKIP Conference, Stormont Hotel, Belfast on 23 November 2013 Ladies and Gentlemen, First of all I would like to thank your Regional Officers Brian Higginson and Henry Reilly for kindly inviting me to come and outline the beliefs […]
The European Union is considering whether it could encourage countries to make long-term economic changes by offering them loans at below-market rates, an EU official told reporters in Brussels today. The idea is to spur reform in areas like labor […]
Spain and Italy have been warned that their budgets for 2014 are in breach of European Union rules as Brussels uses new powers to force governments to revise spending plans before national parliaments vote on them. France was also cautioned […]
