Because so many of us focus on changing the past, we are allowing Theresa May to determine our future. Let’s start with some thoughts that will count as heresies in the Remain camp – but which we need to accept before we can campaign effectively or continued EU membership.   It was Good to Have […]

£350 million per week: Does Europe need a budget? Dr Giacomo Benedetto Jean Monnet Chair in European Union Politics Department of Politics and International Relations Following the award of his Jean Monnet Chair by the EU, Dr Giacomo Benedetto will give a public lecture on the controversy of the EU’s budget.  The figure of £350 […]

Liberal Democrat and some other MPs are planning to vote against the Bill to authorise the Article 50 notification if it does not provide for a referendum on the terms. I understand the sentiment but doubt that they are right to vote against the Bill. The starting point is that June provided a valid democratic […]

“We are the fifth largest economy” seems to be the mantra and the solution to any problems or difficulties, continuously repeated by May and the three Brexiteers during the Conservative Conference. But is it still true? In 2015 we were indeed in the fifth largest economy with nominal GDP US $ 2.848 trillions. On the […]