Because of my work, it was the European Common Agricultural Policy which puzzled me from 1972 onwards. The whole thing was so utterly strange in comparison to the common sense system we had before. It was not until 2002 when […]
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 […]
Mrs May and some members of her team have gone on record to say “No deal is better than a bad deal”, but realistically, “no deal” was never an option. The worst scenario would have been an incomplete, partial deal […]
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 […]
I was recently asked a question as to why a leader of any country would voluntarily relinquish his powers to govern his country by his laws as he sees fit. In particular, why do EU leaders from the well-governed countries […]
A Speech by John Harrison FCA, FCCA, Honorary Treasurer of The Campaign for an Independent Britain in Derby, 11th July 2014 Introduction The European project was always a political project. The economic side was the cover for gradually creating a […]
