Boris Johnson, Gerard Lyons and policy-based evidence making

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Series Details August 2014
Publication Date 11/08/2014
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Pro-Europeans and eurosceptics too easily throw around spurious GDP and jobs figures, often with weak or cherry-picked evidence, to support their case. The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, is the latest culprit. This Insight analyses and refutes evidence he used to argue that the UK would be better off leaving an unreformed EU
Source Link http://www.cer.org.uk/insights/boris-johnson-gerard-lyons-and-policy-based-evidence-making
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BBC News, 06.08.14: Don't fear European Union exit, says Boris Johnson http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28672286
Blog: Open Europe, 06.08.14: Boris: EU reform the best option, but Brexit should not scare us http://www.openeuropeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/boris-eu-reform-best-option-but-brexit.html
ESO: Background information: UK exit better than staying in unreformed EU, says report http://www.europeansources.info/record/uk-exit-better-than-staying-in-unreformed-eu-says-report/
Mayor of London: What we do: Business and economy: Business and economy publications: The Europe Report: A win-win situation, 2014 https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/mayors-office-policing-and-crime-mopac/community-safety-0/europe-report-win-win-situation
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