On 26 June 2017, European Movement National Chairman and former Cabinet Minister Stephen Dorrell, addressed a packed meeting of more than 120 convened by London4Europe, the London section of the European Movement. He spoke with urgency and commitment. Michael Romberg reports. The venue had previously been Conservative Central Office. It had been the base of […]
Business startups: London under threat from Paris and others
Paris is now equipped to attract more innovative companies and dominate Europe’s startup scene following the British vote to leave the European Union, French billionaire Xavier Niel has claimed. Industry correspondent and London4Europe committee member Andy Pye reports. It is always heartening for Remainers to read negative reactions to Brexit in the right wing popular […]
Capital gains tax and bendy bananas
Michael Romberg, London4Europe Committee member and retired senior civil servant, looks at bendy bananas and finds that life as really not simpler when regulations go away. When I worked in the Inland Revenue I was responsible for Capital Gains Tax. We launched a tax simplification project, working with private sector tax professionals. I proposed getting […]
The best way to end austerity is to stay in the EU
Labour is committed to ending the 1% cap on pay rises for public sector workers, and a number of Conservative cabinet members, including the arch Brexiteers, Gove and Johnson, have also called for lifting the pay cap. Although May has told them to shut up on the grounds that it won’t be possible to meet […]
Imagine No Brexit
At the 26 June event with our national chairman, London4Europe chairman, Nick Hopkinson, gave his adaptation of John Lennon’s Imagine: Imagine there’s no Brexit It’s easy if you try No Brexit shambles beneath us Above us only blue sky Imagine all the people Living to stay Imagine there’s no UKIP It isn’t hard to […]
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