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Being in the EU is like being ruled by a foreign power immune to the normal processes of political economy

Minford, Patrick (2016) Being in the EU is like being ruled by a foreign power immune to the normal processes of political economy. LSE Brexit (01 Feb 2016). Website.

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Abstract

Many British citizens want self-government again, as they had for hundreds of years before the ‘Common Market’ that they joined became a European super-state on the way to ‘ever-closer union’. According to Patrick Minford, this seems to be a reasonable demand. He claims that under the rules of British democracy the citizenry are always able to eject the government, through a general election. However, whatever they do about the elite that governs the EU, they can never get rid of it or change its decisions. He claims it is like being ruled by a foreign power immune to the normal processes of political economy.

Item Type: Online resource (Website)
Official URL: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/
Additional Information: © 2016 The Author(s)
Divisions: LSE
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
J Political Science > JZ International relations
Date Deposited: 11 Apr 2017 08:45
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 20:35
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/73350

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