This page provides links to, and commentary on, a variety of articles, studies and resources to provide a broad set of viewpoints on Brexit-related issues. The links to the below are not necessarily endorsements and their inclusion is not an indication of a publisher’s or author’s endorsement to my campaign. These are provided for information purposes only.
1. Investment in the UK
- Why investment should rebound after Brexit, Brexit Central (publisher), Julian Jessop, (author), 21 August 2019
- UK Attractiveness Survey, EY, June 2019
- Power Up: UK inward investmentKey drivers of foreign investment and its value to the UK economy, Deloitte, and press release UK is destination of choice in Europe for foreign investment; for this to continue a pro-growth, open and stable business environment needs to be preserved, 23 January 2019
- London tops to attract Indian FDI with record investments in 2018: report, Business Today, 3 May 2019
2. Economy
- How to make the British economy grow post-Brexit, Brexit Central (pubisher), John Mills (of JML) (author), 28 July 2019
- A dozen reasons why a UK-EU Customs Union remains a terrible idea, Brexit Central (publisher), Dr Graham Gudgin and Harry Western (authors), 31 March 2019
- Why does the EU go on about the ‘integrity’ of the Single Market when it has been such a failure? Breifings for Brexit (publisher), Professor David Blake (author), 13 August 2019
- Brexit, Tariffs, and GATT’s original intent: Why a forgotten MFN exemption merits a closer look, Breifings for Brexit (publisher), Dr Thomas D. Grant (author), 9 July 2019
- A Clean Managed Brexit, Briefings for Brexit (publisher), Steve Baker MP (author), 19 June 2019
- A WTO-based Brexit could yield the UK £80 billion per year, Breifings for Brexit, 21 January 2019
3. UK finance implications
- It’s not alarmist to say we could face a €200bn EU bailout bill if we fail to execute a no-deal Brexit, Brexit Central (publisher), Bob Lyddon (author), 19 July 2019
4. Governance, politics and trade arrangements
- Brexit will allow the UK to develop a more fulfilling and cooperative relationship with our European neighbours, Brexit Central (publisher), Bryan Gould Labour MP, 26 August 2019
- Joining a functionless “Parliament” – how this Brexit Party MEP found his first trip to Brussels, Brexit Central (publisher), Ben Habib Brexit Party MEP, 13 June 2019
- We Frexiteers across the Channel share in your struggle for freedom from the EU, Brexit Central (publisher), Dimitri de Vismes (author), 15 May 2019
- The right post-Brexit trade and investment policy can rebalance economic disparity across UK regions, Brexit Central (publisher) Daniel Zealander (author), 25 June 2019
- There is a world of support out there for Brexit Britain as you embrace self-governance, Brexit Central (publisher), Peggy Grande (author), 11 August 2019
- May’s Brexit Deal Is a Betrayal of Britain, Bloomberg (publisher), Lord Mervyn King, former Governer of the Bank of England (author), 4 December 2018
a. Clean-break Brexit
- Even if the EU offer to remove the Backstop, here’s why the draft Withdrawal Agreement must still be rejected, Brexit Central (publisher), Professor David Collins (author), 30 August 2019
- I back a clean break Brexit – even though it will be irritating for me as a UK-based Dutchman, Brexit Central (publisher), Ron Ridderbeekx, 15 July 2019
- The facts about GATT Article 24 – and how it can deliver a Clean Managed Brexit by 31st October, Brexit Central (publisher), Iain Duncan Smith Conservative MP and David Campbell Bannerman (author) 21 June 2019
- Brexit on WTO terms is far better than leaving the EU with a fatally flawed deal, Brexit Central (publisher), Dominic Raab Conservative MP (author), 2 June 2019
b. Irish border
- The Alternative Arrangements are now codified to replace the Irish backstop in any Brexit scenario, Brexit Central (publisher), Greg Hands Conservative MP (author), 18 July 2019
c. Proportional representation
Make Votes Matter (website for proportional representation)
5. Industry
a. Financial Services
- The Global Financial Centres Index 25, CDI, Long Finance, Zyen, March 2019,
- The doom-mongers are wrong – after Brexit, London will remain a global economic powerhouse, Brexit Central (publisher), Farnoush Farsiar (author), 17 July 2019
- Bank of England, EU withdrawal resources
b. Automobile Industry
Aston Martin boss: Brexit strategy “laughable”, EV policy “non-sensical”, idea of full autonomy “absurd”, AUTOCAR, 10 July 2019
c. Education Research
- ‘We’ll lose our edge’: Cambridge academics express fears over Brexit, Varsity, 18 January 2019: Several academics, both Leave and Remain, spoke to Varsity about the possible impact Brexit will might have on Cambridge and higher education
- Universities and a ‘no-deal’ Brexit: some rather desperate misrepresentations, University of Oxford (publisher), Sir Noel Malcolm, Senior Research Fellow, All Souls College, 7 January 2019.
6. Governments Reports
- MPs “alarmed” at UK Government’s lack of post-Brexit policy, Commons Select Committee, 30 July 2019
- The consequences of “No Deal” for UK business, House of CommonsExiting the European Union Committee, Fourteenth Report of Session 2017–19, 16 July 2019. This report ignores future trade deals with non-EU countries, potential for EU mini or free trade deals, practical business arrangements such as outsourcing back to the UK.
- Research Briefing, Tariffs: Theory and Practice, House of Lords Library, 27 March, 2019. The report confirms WTO members account for 98% of world trade. Trading on ‘WTO terms’ requires each member to apply equal tariffs to all other members. However, this does not apply if members form a formal trading area, such as the EU, have a bilateral trade agreement, or in certain other circumstances.
- Scottish Government must have a guaranteed role in future trade negotiations, Commons Select Committee, 11 March 2019
- No-deal Brexit and WTO: Article 24 explained, House of Commons Library, 4 February 2019
- EU Exit: Long-term economic analysis, HM Government, November 2018. As the report indicates it is limited to the economic impacts specific to EU exit. It is not a forecast and does not take into account potential opportunities outside the EU.