A power vacuum breeds uncertainty. With the Prime Minister lacking authority, it should not surprise us to see reports last … Continue reading “Leaving the Customs Union must be a red line for Britain”

The latest Whitehall analysis of the economic impact of Brexit would have to be published and critically reviewed before it … Continue reading “Leaked Brexit analysis fails to break new ground”

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has published yet another negative assessment of the long-term economic consequences of Brexit. The … Continue reading “Groundhog Day in Brexitland”

The prospect that the UK will be leaving the EU in March 2019 without a formal trade deal is focussing … Continue reading “Would post-Brexit tariffs really cost UK consumers £930 a year?”

When I went to a gym for the first time, in 1998 or so, membership options were very straightforward: you … Continue reading “The mirage of a ‘clean Brexit’”

David Lammy, the MP for Tottenham, has recently argued that in order to avoid the negative impacts of a Hard … Continue reading “Hard Brexit, Soft Brexit, Remain – why not do all of them?”

It has all the hallmarks of a last stand. Having abandoned resistance to the referendum result itself, Remainers are rallying … Continue reading “Leaving the Single Market: The free-market case for ‘Hard Brexit’”

I think it was Montesquieu who once said that ‘when it is not necessary to make a law, it is … Continue reading “The case against ‘taking back control’ – why the UK should retain free movement of people”