Fake news that EU single market boosted UK growth
Those who seem to think leaving the single market will cause growth to slow need to explain why there was no visible boost to growth when we joined. Project Fear has its alter ego -- Project Fantasy about benefits of EU membership that never actually materialised
- 30 January 2018
EU scaremongering and the single market
The main aim of the Stay in campaign is to terrify UK voters into thinking if we leave the EU we, uniquely in the world, will be unable to sell into the EU single market. This is scaremongering, and it is utter nonsense
- 3 November 2015
EU's single market not all it's cracked up to be
Despite all the europhile scare stories, many businesses think the costs of the single market outweigh the benefits to them. Again, we see that Britain needs flexibility not red tape from Brussels, says John Redwood MP
- 15 January 2014
There's more to trade than the Single Market
Single Market? It's the global market that now counts
- 29 January 2013
Beware the Euro spin!
This week, ministers will be meeting in Europe to cut various backroom deals. Expect lots of spin, spoon fed via pet media pundits, designed to try to convince us that this horse-trading is actually a good thing
- 5 December 2011
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