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The New Project Fear
Sunday, 17 September 2017
Since Theresa May's Lancaster House Speech in January of this year, two new Project Fears have sprung up. The first (from The Labour Party, EFTA4UK, Liberal Leave, Leave HQ and Dr Richard North)...
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Barnier's career of wacky ideas and EU power-grabs
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
Michel Barnier is quickly becoming a pantomime villain in the UK, with his regular grandstanding and puerile PR stunts. But a lot of British commentators still give him far too much credit - we can...
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A challenge to the TED talks: Brexit is ending the control of outmoded hierarchies
Monday, 13 March 2017
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The 4 Lies about leaving the EU
Friday, 11 January 2013
Rebutting the pro-EU's campaign of fear
Jeremy Nieboer
The Eurozone is moving inexorably towards taking control, by its institutions, of member states’ taxation and spending. As this new...
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Rebutting the Government’s pro-EU propaganda
Thursday, 04 August 2011
The Minister for Europe's misleading claims
Robert Oulds
Triggered by an enquiry from a constituent of Philip Davies MP, a series of correspondence began between Mr Davies, the Bruges Group and...
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Miliband's 'Bruges' Speech: Rebutted
Thursday, 15 November 2007
Sequels are never as good
Robert Oulds
PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate ReleaseDavid Miliband fails to set out a realistic vision
On Thursday, 15th November, the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband MP,...
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The mythology of the EU - Countered
Friday, 10 September 2004
Federalist mythology
Dr Richard North Dr Helen Szamuely
The EU is a free trade area
With typical disdain for accuracy – or perhaps reflecting the usual level of Europhile Ignorance, the...
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Busting the EU myths
Monday, 06 September 2004
10 Euro myths busted
Roger Helmer MEP
Those who espouse the cause of European integration have a range of suspect propositions which they repeat again and again. Perhaps they are working on...
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The arguments for and against EMU
Friday, 27 August 2004
The pro-EU lobby's arguments countered and the case for keeping the Pound
Dr Lee Rotherham
Arguments in favour of EMU rebutted
1. Price visibility. It should be easier under EMU to compare the...
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The five economic tests
Friday, 13 August 2004
Spurious indicators
In view of the rather limited and theoretically suspect set of indicators established by the Maastricht Treaty, the British Government adopted five supplementary tests which are...
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Response to the Prime Minister’s speech
Tuesday, 30 September 2003
The PM will not let the people decide
The PM stated that he had not given up the option of taking Britain into the euro. And yet Tony Blair, seemingly in the throes of a massive mea culpa, still...
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Speech by Lord Lamont in Sweden against the euro
Monday, 01 September 2003
No to the euro in Sweden
The Rt Hon. Lord Lamont of Lerwick
The decision to join or not to join the Euro is a hugely important one for Sweden. A yes vote will, of course, be irreversible. A no...
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Inward investment – the big lie
Wednesday, 13 August 2003
The euro and inward investment
Roger Helmer MEP
The euro – the EU’s single currency – is a massive economic experiment that is spectacularly failing as we watch it. Germany is...
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The Begg Report - rebutted
Saturday, 17 May 2003
The de-stabilising effects of the euro
The Rt Hon. Lord Lamont of Lerwick
The alternative to jumping out of a window from the top of a building is not jumping out of the window. To ask what are...
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The propaganda is still ineffective
Friday, 07 June 2002
Britain's youth are firmly eurosceptic
Dr Helen Szamuely
According to an opinion poll published by FX Currency Service, a supplier of foreign exchange services, 57 per cent of Britons are against...
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The euro's rise strengthens the case for Britain to keep the Pound
Wednesday, 05 June 2002
The euro's rise offers no reason for Britain to scrap the Pound
Roger Helmer MEP
Continental MEPs are cock-a-hoop that the euro has climbed to the dizzy heights of 94 US cents — only about a...
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Hard times for the euro
Tuesday, 28 May 2002
Events disprove the claims of the euro-luvvies
Roger Helmer MEP
It's really been a rotten couple of weeks for the Euro-luvvies. One bad news story after another. The problems that I have...
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Communicating with the young: How to enhance their Euroscepticism
Sunday, 24 March 2002
Time for strong leadership
Robert Oulds
The best strategy to encourage the young to partake in politics and become Eurosceptic is simple. What we must do is learn to inspire young people....
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The disappointing euro
Tuesday, 01 January 2002
The euro fails to live up to its' billing
The Rt Hon. Lord Lamont of Lerwick - 1st January 2002
As the citizens of Europe wake up to the reality of what their politicians have committed themselves...
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Britain's Economic Destiny: A Business Perspective
Tuesday, 01 September 1998
Paper No. 32
Sir Michael Edwardes - 1st September 1998
Foreword
Michael Edwardes is one of the outstanding businessmen of Britain. He has a special place in the history of 1980s. I first met him...
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Is Europe Ready for EMU? Theory, Evidence and Consequences
Monday, 01 June 1998
Paper No. 31
Mark Baimbridge Brian Burkitt Philip Whyman
1st June 1998
Introduction
Over the last 20 years, economists have studied the potential impact of monetary union between countries...