Category: Royal Navy

How customs reform could rebuild Britain

Posted adminPosted in Brexit, Budget, Financial Services, Maritime, Policy, Ports, Royal Navy

Barndoor Director Chris Alley sets out how free ports could revolutionise trade and manufacturing in the UK For thirty years Britain staggered on after the war.  The “sick man of Europe” weighed down by militant unions, rampant inflation and obsolete business practices, Britain was locked into a spiral of decline. At its zenith the dead […]

Regardless of Brexit, Britain must escape Europe’s decline with a maritime commitment to Asia

Posted adminPosted in Asia, Brexit, Defence, Policy, Royal Navy

With EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier reportedly driving a hard bargain, Brexit will likely consume Westminster’s attention for some time, leave hard feelings on both sides of the Channel and trigger Britain’s geopolitical drift away from the Continent with no clear political and geographic aim in sight to date. That aim should be Asia with its steep […]