Better off out.(Other Countries)(Brief Article)

Ian Milne, A Cost Too Far: An Analysis of the Net Economic Costs and Benefits for the U.K. of E. U. Membership, Civitas Institute, July 2004 (civitas.org.uk)

British Prime Minister Tony Blair often tells his skeptical public that 60 percent of the U.K.'s trade and 3 million jobs "depend on" British membership in the European Union. These claims are believed to act as a major brake on otherwise popular demands that the U.K. withdraw from E.U. membership. In a new book published by Civitas, the influential British think tank, Ian Milne disputes both these claims. First, Milne finds that only 48 percent of U.K. exports of goods and services go to the E.U. This means that, because 79 percent of the U.K.'s economy is the result of domestic activity, trade with the E.U. accounts for only 10 percent of the ...