Beware the corporate grandees who claim Brexit would cost Britain dear May 15, 2014 ONE OF the chief arguments of those who are keen to maintain the status quo with regard to the EU is that a huge number of jobs is bound up with the continuation of the UK’s membership, not just in the City but throughout the whole economy. In the UK, both the present coalition government [...]
What Brexit would really mean for financial services April 30, 2014 TWO fallacies are common in the EU debate. One is the “nirvana fallacy”, the idea that, if we leave the EU, we will have optimal policy at home. In financial services, for instance, while many are rightly angry about the European Court of Justice’s rejection of the UK challenge to a EU financial transaction tax [...]
Diplomat wins €100,000 prize for Brexit plot April 8, 2014 THE UK could boost its GDP by £1.3bn if the country left the EU and negotiated a looser relationship with Brussels, according to the winner of a competition to design a “Brexit” plan. The Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) announced a competition last year to plan a potential exit from the EU for the UK, [...]
Blueprint for Brexit: Why post-EU prosperity isn’t unthinkable April 8, 2014 IT WOULD be easy to think that the debate about Britain’s membership of the EU has been done to death. Yet there has been relatively little serious discussion about the alternatives to EU membership – an urgent issue given the possibility of an in/out referendum in 2017. Outlandish claims that exit would be utterly catastrophic [...]
UK diplomat says Brexit can boost UK’s GDP April 8, 2014 THE UK could boost its GDP by £1.3bn if the country left the EU and negotiated a looser relationship with Brussels, according to the winner of a competition to design a “Brexit” plan. The Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) announced a competition last year to plan a potential exit from the EU for the UK, [...]
Miliband has reduced Brexit risks – now we can work on EU reform March 12, 2014 BUSINESSES want two things from government: clarity about policy, and certainty about the business environment. This is particularly true on an issue as crucial to Britain’s economy as our place in the European Union. That’s why business leaders have been so worried about the shifting sands of debate on a possible EU referendum. The great [...]
Labour rules out EU referendum unless UK stands to lose powers March 11, 2014 LABOUR leader Ed Miliband will rule out a referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union in a landmark speech this morning. In a bid to put clear water between himself and David Cameron, Miliband will seek to position himself as the party for business by promising there will not be an in-out referendum before [...]
EU wargame: Reform can happen but Brexit could still be amicable December 12, 2013 IN BUSINESS, as in diplomacy, “war games” or simulations are a useful tool for mapping out tricky negotiations or complex geopolitical issues. The technique is often used by the CIA to play out security scenarios. But it was also reportedly used by Germany to work out what a Grexit might mean for the Eurozone economy [...]
City economist on shortlist for €100,000 prize for Brexit plan October 30, 2013 UNIVERSITY professors, a City economist and even a Conservative MEP are among the finalists for a bumper €100,000 (£85,600) prize that will be awarded to the author of the best blueprint of how the UK might leave the European Union. With the prospect of a so-called Brexit raised by the possibility of a referendum following [...]