By Jonathan Saxty MENTION the Glorious Revolution of 1688 to most people and you could well get a blank stare. That’s fair enough. The event is (sadly) not widely taught in British schools. Many commentators have drawn comparisons between Brexit and the English Reformation as the last time Britain (or England) ‘broke’ with Europe to [...]
By Eben Wilson A RECENT VISIT to South East Asia prompts in me a policy challenge. Now the UK is freed from the burdens of the EU’s protectionist trade stance how do we use globalism to create the wealth we need to add value across the UK? The picture immediately below is from Singapore. You [...]
February 14, 2020 By James Wells THIS WEEK Liz Truss, Secretary of State at the Department for International Trade, posted a Tweet claiming 2019 was a “record breaking year for UK exports”, quoting a total export value of £689 billion and 5.0 per cent growth from 2018. At this point fellow Brexiteers are jumping for [...]
THE ESSENTIAL DIFFERENCE between the Anglo-Saxon culture of our trading islands and continental Europe can be summarised as follows: In Europe citizens assume that unless the law explicitly states that you can legally do something, they assume they can’t, whereas in our Anglo- Saxon culture unless the law specifically states that citizens cannot do something, [...]
By Jonathan Saxty FULL DISCLOSURE, I don’t hate European cooperation. I could understand the concept of a broad and loose association of neighbours. The kind of thing most Brits thought the Common Market was in the 1970s. We can look across the planet and see similar groupings - with varying degrees of integration – from [...]
