With the EU insisting that it cannot (or will not) do a trade deal with the UK within a year, and Boris Johnson stating that he will not extend the transition period beyond 31 December 2020, it is more important […]
CIB chairman Edward Spalton examines claims that a no-deal Brexit could lead to medicines shortages. Shortages already exist, but they are nothing to do with Brexit. Rather, they are artificially manufactured by large pharmaceutical companies, a practice that has been […]
Will Podmore debunks the myth that the EU protects workers’ rights. The EU enforces a neoliberal legal order that represses workers’ rights, while UK statutory minimums on, for example, maternity leave and annual leave entitlements are more generous than the […]
Director of the Red Cell think tank and CIB committee member Dr Lee Rotherham explains why the Yellowhammer document is not a prediction of what is likely to happen but a ‘reasonable worst case scenario’. What exactly does this mean, […]
Irish journalist Fintan O’Toole fails to spot the hypocrisy in his accusation that rhetoric could damage Anglo-Irish relations. His fellow countryman Professor Anthony Coughlan of Trinity College Dublin suggests that rather than trying to thwart Brexit, the Irish government should […]
Brian Mooney, editor of the Resistance newsletter, reveals how EU plans to combat ‘disinformation’ appear to be more about suppressing criticism of the EU itself. Full references for this meticulously researched piece can be accessed via the link at the […]
