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This article was first published on Reaction  –  The EU Withdrawal Bill passed its second reading in Parliament in the early hours of Tuesday morning, by 326 votes to 290. A sound majority for the Government. After the vote Steve Baker MP, Minister for Exiting the EU, aptly commented: “The House of Commons has rightly backed this crucial… Read more

In his latest Diary, John Redwood debunks myths about the EU Withdrawal Bill It is one of those ironies that the people who most liked our membership of the EU which sidelined Parliament over large numbers of important laws, now claim wrongly that the Withdrawal Bill gives Ministers special powers to by pass our democracy…. Read more

John Redwood’s latest diary talks about the irresponsible exaggerations of Brexit’s economic impact Brexit is a very important political event. Taking back control of our laws, our money and our borders means restoring democracy to these islands. That is why so many voted for Brexit. We didn’t expect a magic wand once we are free… Read more

– John Redwood’s latest diary outlines the history of the Brexit vote, his role in forcing the Cameron Government to hold the Referendum and his feelings about UKIP. I find it extraordinary that people still write in here criticising me for not recommending withdrawal from the EU during the last century. As I have explained,… Read more

This article was first published on The Commentator  There is one thing the EU is very good at: botching things in the short term for some apparent gain, only to have it bite them in the derrière down the line. When the EU brought many ex-Communist states into the Union during the ‘big bang’, with… Read more

This piece was first published on The Commentator. The infantilism and anti-intellectualism of the anti-Brexit camp has created much unnecessary bad feeling in Britain. But, like the Fellow Travellers of the Cold War, they are the ones that will ultimately suffer when history hands down its judgement Labour MP Laura Pidcock has achieved a certain… Read more

This article was first published on The Conservative Online. Last month, the City of London’s Brexit envoy, Jeremy Browne, said France is planning to use Brexit to “actively disrupt and destroy” the City’s financial services industry, even if France gains nothing in return. France, Browne reported, is extremely confident after Emmanuel Macron’s rise to the… Read more

This article was first published on Reaction. It is no secret the EU, facing a serious budget shortfall without Britain’s contributions, wants to squeeze as much money as possible out of the British taxpayer before Brexit day. Brussels has demanded Britain agree to pay a huge ‘Brexit Bill’ for various EU spending commitments as a… Read more