What You Need to Know

This section addresses issues commonly raised by advocates of leaving the EU. Rather than provide original material Braford for Europe has provided links to articles that we believe to be accurate reliable, without being too detailed and technical. We do not want to counter mistruths with mistruths of our own.

For those who want a more detail, UK in a Changing Europe is an authoritative source of independent research. It is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and based at King’s College London.


98 reasons to stay in the EU:

https://smallbusinessprices.co.uk/remain-eu/

BBC Brexit FAQ:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32810887

EU and non-EU migration to and from the UK:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47400679

Net EU migration has fallen since the referendum, but has largely been replaced by net migration from outside the EU. Migration from outside the EU is now many times that of migration from the EU.

What benefits can EU migrants claim?

https://www.itv.com/news/2016-02-03/what-benefits-can-eu-migrants-claim/

UK's net contribution to the EU:

https://fullfact.org/europe/our-eu-membership-fee-55-million/

UK public spending:

https://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/government_spending.html

Net contributions of the EU member states::

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48256318

How is the EU's budget spent?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36368792

UK/EU Trade:

https://fullfact.org/europe/uk-eu-trade/

What would trading on WTO terms mean?

https://ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/What-would-trading-on-WTO-terms-mean.pdf

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47216870

Who trades under WTO rules?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41859691

Trump is undermining the WTO court:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-48787816/world-trade-is-trump-undermining-a-key-dispute-court

Brexit and the backstop:

https://ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Brexit-and-the-backstop-everything-you-need-to-know.pdf

Assessment of the economic impact of various forms of Brexit on the UK economy and that of the other member states:

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2017/595374/IPOL_STU%282017%29595374_EN.pdf

Page 8 of this report states:

"The main story is one of economic losses by both parties, but disproportionately between them in money amounts in a ratio of around 1 to 2 or 3 for the EU27 and the UK, respectively. In terms of percentages of GDP the losses for the EU27 would be about 10 to 15 times lower given the 1:5 ratio in the GDP of the UK relative that of the EU-27."

Brexit deals compared:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Sh5y6WHHBvKg-iTMDKfur2zPn7J9iy8v/view

Democracy in the EU:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48706193

https://fullfact.org/europe/eu-facts-behind-claims-democracy/

The EU itself is the authority on its own aims and structure. Here is an introduction:

https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu_en

How much UK law comes from the EU?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36473105

How much influence does the UK have on EU laws?

https://fullfact.org/europe/eu-facts-behind-claims-uk-influence/

Flaws of the EU referendum:

https://storage.googleapis.com/wzukusers/user-22902425/documents/5c57300e655e4rWsZFTM/Referendum-defective-reasons.pdf

Supreme Court judgement on the prorogation of Parliament:

https://www.supremecourt.uk/watch/prorogation/judgment.html

Johnson's plan to avoid a hard Irish border:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49909866