One of the main arguments employed by the No Campaigners is how much it costs to be a member of the European Union. Figures are being bandied about by both sides, but according to the Treasury, which probably provides the most accurate ones, the following sums it up. The UK ought to pay £350 million […]
EU Referendum: After 20 years the auditors still haven’t signed off the accounts…
One of the criticisms of the EU which Nigel Farage trots out at every opportunity is that the European Court of Auditors (ECA) has never given a clean opinion on the EU’s annual accounts. We are left to understand that this must be due to incompetence and corruption on the part of the European Commission. […]
EU Referendum: The financial case for Remain
Both the Nos and the Remainers claim that the City of London and the wealth and employment it generates to be one of the principal pillars of their arguments. And it is indeed the jewel in the UK’s economic crown. Here are some facts: Employment – in 2014 ( latest figures available), the City of London employed 414,600 […]
EU Referendum: Norway would not be model for UK post-BREXIT
Many in the Out camp argue that the UK could follow Norway’s relationship with the EU, but the country and the relationship are totally different. Norway is a successful nation, due to rich natural resources of water and oil. It has saved its oil dividend in a national fund, so, despite falling oil prices, is […]
EU referendum: Democracy, sovereignty and immigration
It’s been fun the last few days, to watch the Leave campaign’s glib assumptions about the glorious future awaiting Britain outside the EU falling apart under the onslaught of David Cameron’s Project Fact, but that’s not enough. To win this referendum, we need to keep hitting the Leave campaign where they’re most vulnerable – even […]