Towards the End of May at the Beginning of June

Now that the local elections are over and party manifestos will start to come out, the focus shifts to shaping the 8th June election outcome. It is not a normal election, but a referendum on Theresa May and her determination to pursue a super-hard Brexit. May is asking us for a blank cheque for her […]

Brexit will be defeated by Brexit (but YOU need to help)

29 March 2017 will go down in history as the day the UK notified its intention to leave the European Union (EU). History may also record that a few decades later England, after years of economic stagnation and political isolation, re-joined an independent Scotland, Wales and a united Ireland in the Eurozone. Although Brexiters want […]

EU Citizens and public service budgets

Even well-intentioned citizens should not call for a Migration Impact Fund for areas affected by immigration. EU Citizens Pay Their Own Way By Taxes That is the argument of a new report which points out that EU immigrants in total contribute more to the Exchequer by way of taxes than they take out in public […]

A practical vision for Remainers

“World Peace”. Those are the opening words of the Schumann Declaration – the founding document of what is now the European Union. So that is what it is all about. Peace between member states. And peace in the face of external threat by offering political support to the NATO military alliance. The EU has helped […]