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Switzerland offers some valuable lessons for Brexit

by Pieter Cleppe | May 31, 2018 | Political Insider

It’s hard to ignore Switzerland’s experience when looking at Brexit. Here we have another country that isn’t a member of the European Union, the single market or a customs union. It’s also a country that trades heavily with the EU. And it has an arrangement that...

It is official – Brexit squabbling is damaging the economy

by George Trefgarne | May 19, 2018 | Political Insider

The British economy is slowing. There. I have said it. After repeatedly writing upbeat pieces for CapX to counter the doom and gloom mongers in the last two years, the facts are changing and so is my mind. I would go further and say that the weakness of the economy,...

Brussels still refuses to face up the fiscal reality of Brexit

by Kai Weiss | May 9, 2018 | Political Insider

The EU budget frenzy of (at least) one year has officially begun. Today, the European Commission, led by Budget Commissioner Günther Oettinger, revealed the first proposal for the upcoming multi-annual financial framework (MFF). This budget will be being in place from...

Tackling the myths about Brexit and the customs union

by Pieter Cleppe | Apr 30, 2018 | Political Insider

Wild theories are doing the rounds about whether Britain should or should not join a permanent customs union with the EU after Brexit. Unsurprisingly, Remain supporters have leapt at the idea as a way to soften Brexit. Some even hope that it would constitute such a...

The card that could help the UK boost ties with the Commonwealth

by Andrew MacLeod | Apr 24, 2018 | Political Insider

This week’s Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting comes at a crucial juncture for the UK’s future as a trading nation. Does Brexit change the way Britain should approach the Commonwealth and what can the government achieve in this meeting for post-Brexit-Britain? I...