Citizens Jury on the EU

Robin Lustig, the veteran BBC broadcaster has been involved in a Citizens Jury exercise for the referendum, which took evidence from a range of experts across policy areas.

The result was four free podcasts you can find below, and which many will find helpful if they are still undecided.


http://lustigletter.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/lets-debate-eu-without-politicians.html

http://euthejury.uk/podcasts.html

Impact of Brexit on UK real GDP - 88% of biggest poll of economist see negative impact on GDP

Just 5% of 700 economists think Brexit would lead to higher GDP, 88% think it would be negative over the next five years, and 72% think it would be negative over the next 10-20 years.  Not the kind of risk that most working people in the UK can gamble with.  Let's not sleepwalk into a DIY recession.

Some excellent new year reading on EU from Prospect magazine

There are some excellent articles on EU issues on the Prospect magazine site (and of course I recommend subscribing..)

Here eminent economist George Magnus puts it plainly:

" a vote to leave would have deleterious effects on the UK economy, business confidence, foreign investment in the UK—including the much-vaunted influx of Chinese investment capital. Sterling would probably take a plunge, and the cost to jobs of all this would dwarf the excited and false consciousness estimates made by Brexit enthusiasts over the costs to Britain of EU membership and immigration."

http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/blogs/george-magnus/the-year-when-politics-will-trump-economics

And here leading pollster (and local resident) Peter Kellner talks about how the Remain campaign can best put a positive case:

http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/blogs/peter-kellner/eu-referendum-how-to-make-the-case-for-europe