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Richard Corbett MEP Articles

Nasty tactics in EU referendum race

Some nasty tactics have already appeared in the European Union referendum campaign. One is the way that anti-EU campaigners try to bully or discredit their opponents, rather than discuss the issues. Their response to any message they do not like is to threaten,...

A red herring, damp squib, counterfeit and false prospectus

David Cameron’s much-vaunted commitment to reform the European Union has always been extremely light on detail. At first glance, this seems odd. Why announce a major policy with great fanfare, then spend two years dodging and refusing requests to spell out what you...

Seeing past myths about the EU

My Labour colleague Natascha Engel is quite right to highlight the progressive role of the European Union in protecting and enhancing British workers’ rights. She is also right to worry about the apparent rise of the far-right, both in the United Kingdom and...

The IEA’s inadequate Brexit blueprint

The Institute of Economic Affairs' Brexit prize-winning ‘Blueprint for Britain: Openness not Isolation’ is an illustration of the hazardous assumptions underlying the arguments of those who claim Britain could do better outside the European Union. Its first such...