Despite being found in contempt of Parliament, the government has – incredibly – managed to worm its way out of publishing the Attorney General’s full legal advice on Theresa May’s deal. The UK’s history of joining the European project has […]
From the beginning of this year the Greek government stopped publishing the usual monthly statistics of births and deaths. Continuing to do so would give a truer cost of the EU-imposed austerity programme than any massaged economic statistics. In 2017 […]
Last month, an event occurred which got little fanfare, but which is likely to have a significant effect on the future of the UK, especially after Brexit. The WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement has now entered into force. Lord Lamont, the […]
This article by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard appeared in last week’s Daily Telegraph. The IMF has admitted making a number of very serious mistakes. As described by Evans-Pritchard, it “misled [its] own board, made a series of calamitous misjudgments in Greece, became […]
This article is based on a speech delivered at an event in 2001 to mark the 12th anniversary of the founding of the Bruges Group. You can access the original here. “There are some in this country who fear […]
