When Graham Gudgin gave evidence to the House of Commons Northern Affairs Committee this week the...
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Submission to NI Affairs Committee Inquiry Brexit and the NI...
This is the written evidence given by Dr Graham Gudgin to the House of Commons Northern Ireland...
Distorted Irish economy means high payments to the EU
Ireland is the world’s largest tax haven, causing huge distortions to Irish national economic...
No United Ireland. Not Now. Not Ever
Brexit and Covid have increased the flow of articles arguing that it is inevitable that Northern...
Now is the time to combat Scottish Nationalism
With supporters of Scottish independence riding high in the polls, the UK Government needs to take...
Why do so many economists get Brexit wrong?
The economics profession continues to try to prove that Brexit has already had negative...
Does soaring debt matter for post-Brexit Britain?
The UK faces a range of unforeseen challenges as it leaves the EU Single Market and Customs Union...
A New Border in the Irish Sea
The Cabinet Office has published a paper outlining its approach to carrying the agreement in the...
Back to work soon? And back to Brexit?
The improvement in the covid-19 pandemic is taking place rapidly and we can be optimistic about the...
Covid-19 and Irish Unity
Just as Brexit was used by Irish nationalists to further the case for Irish unity and the breakup...
When Can We Get Back to Work?
Much attention is currently focussed on when the lockdown can be ended, the economy returned to...
Will the Virus Blow Brexit Off-Course?
Rumours that the Brexit trade negotiations will stall and ending the Transition may be delayed have...
The Budget the Virus and Post-Brexit Britain
Graham Gudgin argues that our first year fully outside the EU is likely to be one in which the UK...
Brexit At Last?
In the last of BfB’s election predictions the Conservatives are predicted to win a workable...
Brexit looks Safe for the Time Being
In the second of our election prediction briefings we observe that the latest poll of polls show a...
Who Will Win the 2019 General Election?
The 2019 general election is unusually complex but electoral modelling suggests that the...
Unreasonable Pressures on the DUP
In this blog which is an updated version of an article appeared in the Belfast Newsletter...
There’s nothing complex about the Irish border
Graham Gudgin on the border, the Good Friday Agreement, and why No Deal is nothing to fear.
Yellowhammer. A Project Fear Crescendo
In this article, based on one first published on the Spectator Coffee House website, Graham Gudgin...
EU Co-operation is a given in a free-trade process
The letter below was published on the Financial Times Letters page on July 28th 2019. The letter...
No Deal is in Sight
Alongside the resignation of Theresa May and the Euro-election results Graham Gudgin argues that...
Overturning the Referendum?
In this edited version of his article for the Northern Ireland;s pro-union daily - The Belfast...
Little to Fear from No Deal
Written before the April 10th EU Council Meeting this article rehearses the case for no deal. While...
Why a Customs Union Remains a Terrible Idea
We are publishing a refreshed and updated version of this article which first appeared on this site...
Pulling the Wool. The PM’s Last Gasp
In what may become to be known as the Strasbourg stunt the PM and EU made a last desperate attempt...
The Malthouse Compromise
There are strong political and economic reasons to accept the Malthouse Compromise – once the...
Sliding Smoothly Out of the EU
Theresa May’s attempt to rescue the Withdrawal Agreement will almost certainly fail. As March 29th...
Who’s Afraid of Martin Wolf?
Graham Gudgin takes to task the influential Financial Times economic commentator Martin Wolf who he...
A Letter to Remainers
Graham Gudgin describes his experience of a remainer-dominated Brexit rally in affluent South...
What Does It Mean to Leave the EU with No Deal?
Former Australian High Commissioner and Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, writing with Graham...
Fourteen Reasons Why a UK-EU Customs Union Remains a Terrible...
The economic arguments in favour of UK customs union membership with the EU are weak. The...
Is Brexit damaging the UK Economy? By Graham Gudgin
A Centre For European Reform report concluded that ‘The UK economy is 2.5% smaller than it would...
Yes to a Brexit Deal. No to a Second Referendum.
The Belfast Newsletter (the world’s oldest English language newspaper in continuous publication)...
Preparing to Exit. An BfB Report on Alternatives to Chequers
This report examines the Chequers White Paper and compares its proposals with four alternatives set...
Brexit Unlikely to Harm the NHS by Graham Gudgin
A British Medical Journal Editorial of 26 May 2018 headline stated that : 'Brexit is bad for our...
A Border Once Again by Dr Graham Gudgin
After the brutal Salzburg rejection of the UK's Chequers Proposals the Irish border remains the...
Setting Up Simple Lorry Checks Would Avoid Us Giving Up Our...
This is the full version of the article by Graham Gudgin which appeared in the Sunday Telegraph on...
Snookered at Chequers? By Robert Tombs and Graham Gudgin
The Chequers Deal is damaging for the UK. Far too many areas of UK policy will be determined or...
STATEMENT FROM HM GOVERNMENT Chequers | 6 July 2018
The Press Statement issued by H M government following the Cabinet meeting at Chequers on July 6th...
The Chequers Summit on a Future Customs Union
The UK urgently needs to clarify what exactly it will ask for in terms of customs arrangements. The...
Is HM Treasury the Enemy of Brexit?
The Treasury’s role in spreading exaggerated pessimism about a post-Brexit UK economy continues to...
Customs Costs Post-Brexit – long version
Jon Thompson Head of HM Revenue and Customs dropped a bombshell on the possibility of the UK...
Customs Costs Post-Brexit – short version
Last week Jon Thompson Head of HM Revenue and Customs dropped a bombshell on the possibility of the...
Project Fear Alive and Well
Once again, this week media publicity was given to a set of dismal forecasts for the economic...
Where Are We On the Irish Border?
The Irish land-Border remains a major sticking point is advancing the Brexit negotiations. In this...
The EU Withdrawal Agreement-An Attempt to Annex Northern Ireland?
The EU Withdrawal Agreement hardens the EU's line on using the Irish land border as a battering ram...
Briefings For Brexit – News in Brief
You can read more about our launch and watch our television interviews by following these links. We...
Recent Estimates of the Economic Impact of Brexit
After a long gap of almost eighteen months two new reports on the economic impact of Brexit...
Economic Impact of Brexit
The following are articles written by contributors who discuss the economic iImpact of BREXIT:...
Brexit and The Irish Border
The prominence of the Irish border in the stage one negotiations and in the Progress Report is a...