Nigel Hawkins 08/09/2016 Nigel Hawkins 08/09/2016

Network Fail: Getting UK Rail Back on Track

Madsen Pirie 24/08/2016 Madsen Pirie 24/08/2016

Catch of Today: A ten point plan for British fishing

Ben Southwood 11/08/2016 Ben Southwood 11/08/2016

Safe Standing: Why it's time to remove the ban

Flora Laven-Morris 04/08/2016 Flora Laven-Morris 04/08/2016

Adam Smith Institute Annual Review 2015/16

Kevin Dowd 03/08/2016 Kevin Dowd 03/08/2016

No Stress II: the flaws in the Bank of England’s stress testing programme

Ben Southwood 22/07/2016 Ben Southwood 22/07/2016

The Case for the (Interim) EEA Option

Madsen Pirie 20/07/2016 Madsen Pirie 20/07/2016

Rebooting Britain: Making the most of Brexit

Ben Southwood 25/05/2016 Ben Southwood 25/05/2016

Nothing to Hide: The case against the ban on extreme pornography

The ban on possession of ‘extreme pornography’ was introduced in 2009 and extended in 2015. The law, as drafted, bans depictions of some sex acts that can be conducted safely and consensually between adults, with a specific risk of prosecution posed to LGBT minorities.

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Ben Southwood 03/05/2016 Ben Southwood 03/05/2016

Evolution not revolution: the case for the EEA option

Britain needs to leave the European Union, which over 43 years of membership has proven to be sclerotic, anti-democratic and immune to reform. It is a political relic of a post-war order that no longer exists.The best exit route is for the UK to step back to a position in the European Economic Area (‘EEA’) and the European Free Trade Association (‘EFTA’), thereby wholly maintaining the open trading arrangements of the single market and related economic integration.

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Ben Southwood 25/04/2016 Ben Southwood 25/04/2016

Stuck in the middle with EU

An increasing number of EU regulations are made at the global level and not by the EU bureaucracy, which mainly performs a ‘wholesaler’ role, enforcing rules without creating them anew. The UK often does not have a full voice at the global level because of the EU’s need for a ‘common position’.

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