Featuring such hits as 'Curved bananas banned by Brussels' and 'EU to ban lollipop ladies’ sticks'.
Boris Johnson claimed at Prime Minister’s Questions that Brexit “has given us the freedom to establish eight freeports across the country”. / And the IfG makes clear: “the UK could create freeports as a member of the EU”.
The Brexit brigade is still going on about bendy bananas and the return of imperial measures. But it is a strategy born of ignorance or – worse – panic.
Over the years there have been a number of stories about how EU laws impact our lives in the UK.
Express goes bananas over EU
03/06/2016
The staunchly eurosceptic Daily Express has published a listicle about the “amazing things we get back if we leave EU”. / “From powerful vacuums to straight banana’s (sic), here are all the things we’ll get back if we vote out,” the paper says. / The piece has been getting widely shared online. But does it pass the FactCheck test?
UK Voters knew the 1975 Referendum was about both an ‘economic & political union’ with the rest of Europe
16/03/2016
UK Voters knew the 1975 Referendum was about both an ‘economic & political union’ with the rest of Europe.
If anyone is interested in a super-geeky thread on the now infamous FCO 30/1048, here it is.
27/03/2019
If anyone is interested in a super-geeky thread on the now infamous FCO 30/1048, here it is. It's actually a fascinating document; incredibly balanced, accurate, visionary and pragmatic about Britons' post-imperial illusions of sovereignty. Well worth a read of the summary pages.
Britain and Europe: “The Hope Still Lives”
07/05/2021
This is an edited version of the Julian Priestley Memorial Lecture delivered by the author on 7 May 2021.
Photo shows march calling for referendum on final Brexit deal in 2018, not anti-lockdown protest
29/04/2021
Multiple Instagram, Facebook and Twitter posts have shared an aerial photo which they claim shows a protest against coronavirus lockdowns in the UK capital of London in April 2021. The claim is false: the photo shows a march in October 2018 that called for a fresh referendum on Brexit.
Is the EU stopping the UK having free ports?
05/07/2019
There are more than 80 such zones across the Union.
Everyone says they know what the public think about Brexit – here’s the polling data that tells you who’s right
10/10/2019
From enthusiasm for a second referendum to the chances Remain would win, the evidence on the public mood is clearer than a lot of people seem to think.
Philip Hammond - Tariff free trade deals would only contribute a tiny amount to our GDP... so we must quash "this myth that third country trade deals will solve all our problems"
Of all the myths and falsehoods put out by this government, one of the most egregious is that leaving on 31 October means that ‘we can get Brexit done’.
13 automotive Brexit myths – busted (SMMT)
11/07/2019
UK automotive industry puts the record straight on ‘no deal’ Brexit impact, as Parliament debates the meaningful vote.
The EU has archived all of the “Euromyths” printed in UK media – and it makes for some disturbing reading
17/07/2019
An EU archive of “Euromyths” printed in UK media that dates back to the early 1990’s has been making the rounds on social media as the UK and EU agree terms on Britain’s exit from the union.