A Centre For European Reform report concluded that ‘The UK economy is 2.5% smaller than it would...
Author - Graham Gudgin
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...
The European Single Market And Customs Union
The creation of the Single Market and Customs Union are the EU’s greatest achievements. There is...
Uneven Progress in the Brexit Progress Report
Last Monday’s Progress Agreement has been applauded by most people, including prominent Brexiters...
Nationist Ireland Is Using Brexit
The reason why the Brexit Irish border problem has so difficult to solve is the same as the reason...
Northern Ireland In Single EU Market
Hell hath no fury like a Commission scorned.
DUP Blocks The Agreement
The whole point of the DUP is to safeguard Northern Ireland’s position within the UK.
Irish Hard Line Presents Opportunities For UK
The long threatened hard line on the Irish border taken by the Irish Prime Minister has now emerged...