Observations

Nothing like this has ever happened before in peacetime. It is unsustainable. The debt we will be leaving to our children and grandchildren is simply appalling.

Brexit Facts4EU.Org was one of the very first publications to sound warning bells about the reaction to the Coronavirus. We did so before any such articles appeared in the newspapers, and before the lockdown even started. We first wrote on this subject over two and a half months ago back on 05 March.

We lost donors (something we can’t afford to do) so these days we stick to writing about Brexit and the EU – our specialist subjects. We did feel, however, that we should show readers one simple and very stark chart this morning.

We should all have been looking forward to the new economic opportunities afforded to the country by a full Brexit at the end of this year. Instead all we can say is that it is more essential than ever that the UK should be free to take whatever actions it deems necessary to recover economically in a post-Coronavirus world, unencumbered by EU rules and regulations.

Major interview held over

This morning we had hoped to bring readers the interview we conducted with David Campbell Bannerman, former long-standing MEP and former member of the EU Parliament’s International Trade Committee. In it, Mr Campbell Bannerman gives his forceful views on the EU and the current state of the trade talks – from the perspective of someone who has been on the inside.

This interview follows on directly from the major report we published yesterday, which has been extremely popular on social media.

Useful reminder from @Facts4euOrg. Goods exports to the EU are just 7.7% of the UK economy, while exports to the rest of the world are at 18% and rising. 70% GDP comes from activities within the UK. https://t.co/6pUZdtSmsE

— Owen Paterson (@OwenPaterson) May 23, 2020

The Rt Hon Owen Paterson MP tweeting our work yesterday

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