Learning the Wrong Lessons from Ireland
byAs the bailout of Ireland begins in earnest, many in the media are asking “What went wrong?”, and coming to some dubious answers. The…
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Time to sort out mechanisms to wind up banks
byEurope is trapped in a cycle where debt is being passed round and round in circles – the banks are bust so the Irish…
Why Do We Have to Argue the Case for Free Trade?
byI gave the following presentation at a fringe event during the Conservative conference in Birmingham. Human Co-operation and the Universal Division of Labour Adam…
Farage saying what many people want to say on Europe
byNigel Farage, on form:
EU Referendum Campaign launched
byThis post originally appeared on stevebaker.info. Dan Hannan and Ruth Lea have launched the EU Referendum Campaign: The EURC is an organisation that is…
The faith and folly of the Brussels elite
byIn his latest article for ConservativeHome, Steve Baker responds to comments by the departing Charlemagne columnist of The Economist. If the outgoing Charlemagne defines…
Fresh hope for a referendum on Lisbon
byMatthew Elliott has highlighted a post by his TaxPayers’ Alliance colleague Lee Rotherham, who reports that After weeks of wrangling, it now transpires that…
Comparing Powerful Words
byChris Neal offers a personal perspective on bloated EU regulation. I am reading ‘God Stories’, a wonderful book by Andrew Wilson and last night…
Razeen Sally, “Trade Policy, New Century”
byRazeen Sally’s Trade Policy, New Century (PDF) succeeds magnificently in explaining the 21st-century case for free trade and, specifically, unilateral trade liberalisation to the…
Hands off our banks! Neelie Kroes decrees that Britain must split and sell rescued banks now!
byChris Neal outlines his tax payers’ revolt. In October 2008 Messrs Brown and Darling assured the British tax payer that we had a reasonable…