The Rt Hon John Redwood MP is the Member of UK Parliament for Wokingham and the Chairman of the Conservative Economic Affairs Committee. His articles are cross-posted on his blog by agreement.
Make 2019 a great year for Brexit and democracy
March 30th should be Independence Day. From that day onwards we need to be in control of our money, our laws and our borders. It can and should be a truly great day for both Britain and the spirit of democracy
- 3 January 2019
Project Fear will not give up, and knows no shame
Desperate and anti-democratic, Project Fear thinks that if an entirely false forecast of a mild recession after the referendum vote would not make us vote Remain maybe an even more false forecast of a massive recession after we leave the EU will force us to cry out for a second ballot. They have no shame
- 3 December 2018
May's Brexit deal won't pass, so let's think past it
Theresa May's dreadful deal with the EU won't pass in parliament so now is the time to prepare for a full free trade agreement and test the EU's seriousness. And remember, "no deal" is still a great deal for Britain
- 27 November 2018
Brexit will mean both independence and prosperity
Since 1998 our exports of goods to the EU have grown at just 0.2% a year, whereas our goods export to non EU has grown sixteen times faster at 3.3%. But Brexit isn't just about trade. It's about regaining our independence. We're going to be so much better off out, and in so many different ways
- 12 November 2018
Brexit and CO2: The BBC, news, and propaganda
The BBC has two campaigns running. One is to explain why the Remain campaign was really right and should not have lost. The other is to stress the need to cut back on CO2. No wonder the public, which pays for the BBC through taxes, is now deeply cynical about mainstream media's claims to impartiality
- 6 November 2018
History shows caving in to EU brings down Tory PMs
Tory prime ministers taking disastrous advice on policy towards the EU from the CBI, and basing decisions on flat out wrong predictions from the Bank of England and the Treasury, have sealed their own downfall. Theresa May should learn the lessons of history, and show some backbone against the bullies in Brussels
- 25 October 2018
May's Brexit misjudgements damage the UK
Theresa May makes three key mistakes about Britain and Brexit: She accepts the Sinn Fein analysis of the border issue, she ignores the views of the English, and she all but grovels to the SNP in Scotland. She is a democratically elected leader of the Union and she needs to start acting like one to deliver the Brexit we voted for
- 15 October 2018
A new vision for British Conservatism
The Conservative Party needs to run with Brexit and use all its advantages to build a new vision for Conservatism, and, with that, a new vision for a modernised and more prosperous Britain, says John Redwood MP
- 2 October 2018
Why Britain should leave the EU's Single Market
The EU's Single Market started out as a sensible idea in a bi-polar world divided between the Soviet bloc and the West. But the world became global and the Single Market became a political project for big business and Brussels power grabbers. It is an obsolete idea, and Britain will be far better off running its own global trade policy as a sovereign nation, says John Redwood MP
- 25 September 2018
Seven tragicomic faces of Project Fear
How much more of this nonsense do we have to listen to? John Redwood MP debunks seven of the most egregious lies of the Remain campaign. They're getting ever more desperate as the countdown to Brexit draws closer
- 17 September 2018
Enough of us giving aid to rich EU countries. Just Brexit!
Signing a Withdrawal Agreement to give continuing overseas aid to a group of rich countries on the continent will leave us poorer. Let’s hear the Treasury calculations of how much economic damage is done by the large payments abroad, and by the large balance of payments deficit we run with the EU under present rules. Let's just get out and reap all the benefits
- 29 August 2018
EU will have to respect WTO rules in "no-deal" Brexit
The EU has built World Trade rules into its own legal structures. So to say they will be able to stop us trading with them in a "no-deal" Brexit -- something that would harm them more than us anyway -- is both plain wrong, and typically dishonest scaremongering
- 23 August 2018
Brussels terror of Brexit raises Project Fear to extremes
Brussles is increasingly terrified of a no deal Brexit. They would lose the 40 billion they desperately need and British success would pose a mortal threat to the EU project. They're now ramping up Project Fear to new extremes
- 3 August 2018
Only ignorance stands in way of a real Brexit now
Yesterday’s debate in the Commons on Brexit was dominated by people who have never run complex supply chains who were unwilling to accept they work fine with non EU as well as with EU parts. The biggest barrier to a real Brexit now is the sheer ignorance of its opponents
- 17 July 2018
Britain should give Brussels an ultimatum, and mean it
Time to give Brussels an ultimatum. If they thought it was a simple choice of a Free Trade Agreement or the no deal WTO option, they would be likely to choose the Free Trade Agreement, which is in their best interests. But we must end the dithering, and clearly state we will walk away if they continue to negotiate in bad faith
- 5 July 2018
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