As Britain’s political class struggles with its deep divisions over Europe, and tussles over the “peoples’ vote”, it’s worth taking a glance back to the first referendum in 1975. That referendum was held to affirm British membership of the European Communities following Harold Wilson’s ‘renegotiation’ of the terms of membership. [...]
by David GowEditor of Sceptical.scot, Senior Adviser at Social Europe, and Senior Adviser at Acumen Public Affairs. He is former European Business Editor of The Guardian and is Advisory Board member of the Scottish Centre on European Relations. February 2019 This article was first published on Sceptical.scot. Often written off, its imminent [...]
Hard Brexit: Passport to Nowhere for British Services With grateful thanks for assistance from E.Piciocchi, J.Kuozas & E.Manias. October 2018 “We're on a road to nowhere Come on inside Taking that ride to nowhere We'll take that ride... ....They can tell you what to do But they'll make a [...]
PRESS RELEASE 02/05/2018 Federal Trust proposals for Eurozone Stabilisation Fund A new paper (Eurozone Stabilisation Fund Revisited), published by the Federal Trust think tank, discusses flaws in the design of the euro area and proposes a remedy via a Eurozone Stabilisation Fund ahead of June’s EU summit. Since its inception, [...]
Eurozone Stabilisation Fund: Revisited by Mark Nevin April 2018 DOWNLOAD A PDF VERSION HERE. PRESS RELEASE About the Author Mark Nevin studied economics and European politics at Birmingham University and the LSE. His areas of expertise are political economy, government reform, health policy and digital health. An optometrist [...]
NHS Scotland should look to EU for funding models by David Gow January 12, 2018 This article first appeared on Sceptical.scot It is time to seriously rethink how the NHS, 70 this year, is funded. The latest news that the service in England hit an all-time low [...]
December 2017 “It will take all the “stiff upper lip” symbolized by Queen Victoria to overcome the economic storm unleashed from the British leaving the European Union” La Stampa, Italian newspaper. “You can check-out any time you like, But you can never leave!” Hotel California by the Eagles [...]
From ERASMUS to ERASMUS + Presentation by Dr Hywel Ceri Jones CMG at Cardiff Met University, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the official launch of the EU's ERASMUS programme 28th June 2017 Thank you Vice Chancellor for your invitation to participate in this celebration of [...]
“New Fault lines in Europe.....the political consequences of Brexit” by John Bruton, former Taoiseach Grattan lecture held at the Irish Embassy in London on 12 June 2017 THE HISTORIC CONTEXT OF BREXIT If one reviews European history over the period since the Reformation five hundred years ago, the [...]
Consequences of a hard Brexit Joint event with Industry Forum Monday, 5th June 2017 LAUNCH OF A NEW STUDY: "Hard Brexit", International Trade and the WTO Scenario by Dr Andrew Black Speakers: Dr Andrew Black, Digit Ltd, Senior Research Fellow, Global Policy Institute; Visiting Senior Research Fellow at [...]
