For Jean-Claude Juncker and many in Brussels who share his view of the world, June 23rd could be a quietly auspicious day. If events break their way, some of Britain’s most implacable opponents in the EU institutions will accomplish that which escaped Napoleon himself: They will have driven the British from the Continent. Tragically, there […]
Britain, my friend Dan Hannan laments, does not negotiate her own trade deals. This is perfectly true. As a member of the European Union, the UK has pooled its trade policy with a single market of 500 million people. Dan regards this as a tragedy – but it is in fact a triumph. In order […]
“If size were all that counted” my friend Dan Hannan writes, “China would be wealthier than Hong Kong, Indonesia than Singapore, the EU than Norway”. History has shown us, on each occasion that we have given it the opportunity, that a free and open society with a free and open market will always be more […]
