Why the UK should keep its distance from the EU

Norman Blackwell, chairman of the think tank Centre for Policy Studies (CPS), considers Britain's relationship with the EU. "As one of the world's largest trading nations with particular strengths in international services, Britain's future prosperity lies in competing as a global free trader. In this context a project aimed at tying us more closely into a slow-growth European economic block seems not just outdated, but increasingly at risk of holding us back. ... We have already opted out of the eurozone to no ill effect. In a more flexible Europe there is no reason we cannot similarly opt out of other aspects of continued political and economic integration that constrain our interests. ... Britain should not turn its back on Europe, but we urgently need to define a different, looser relationship within Europe that more adequately serves our future global interests.

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