In a joint report with Brexit Facts4EU, CIB examines the issue of whether the UK should remain in Erasmus+, the EU’s youth exchange programme. We find that the European focus of the scheme means it is not meeting most UK […]
In a joint report with Brexit Facts4EU, CIB examines the issue of whether Scotland could quickly rejoin the EU in the event of an independence vote. Not only do EU rules make quick Scottish entry impossible, an independent Scotland in […]
Brendan Chilton, chairman of our affiliated organisation Labour Leave, explains how Labour’s pro-Brexit policy in the immediate aftermath of the 2016 referendum was steadily undermined by its own MPs, supported by external forces in the now defunct People’s Vote campaign. […]
CIB affiliated organisation the Labour Euro Safeguards Campaign (LESC) has published its latest bulletin, which focuses on the upcoming general election and Labour’s manifesto promise to hold a second referendum. We reproduce here part of the bulletin, which asks what kind […]
CIB chairman Edward Spalton discusses a little-known fact of our EU membership: that it led to the use of private finance initiatives to fund (and profit from) public services, including NHS hospitals. This ‘Enronomics’ approach to public finances may have […]
The forthcoming general election will feature two high-profile pro-independence parties competing for your votes – the Conservative Party and the Brexit Party. Our chairman Edward Spalton reflects on CIB’s long-standing status as a cross-party organisation, and our continued hope for […]
