John Springford
John Springford
Associate fellow
Areas of expertise
Britain and Europe, migration and labour markets, the single market and supply side reform, international trade, the euro, fiscal and monetary policy.
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The EU will play hardball with post-Brexit Britain
The Telegraph
19 April 2016
Post Brexit Britain will look back ruefully at its past privileges – inside the single market, but outside the eurozone – and wonder what possessed it to give them up.
UCL European Institute: John Springford on migration in the Brexit debate
31 March 2016
John Springford, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform on the economic and trade implications of free movement, and the role of migration in the referendum on Britain's EU membership.
The idea of buccaneer Britain trading freely outside the EU is a fantasy
The Telegraph
02 March 2016
We will always want to trade with Europe, because it's rich and close. The only question is the terms on which we will do so.
Cameron’s compromise
Prospect
20 February 2016
The PM's best bet now is to move the EU debate onto grander issues.
CER podcast: February 18-19 EU Council Summit
19 February 2016
The CER's Sophia Besch talks to CER director Charles Grant and senior research fellow John Springford about their take on David Cameron's EU deal at the February EU summit.
ITV Good Morning Britain: EU summit negotiations
18 February 2016
John Springford chats to Good Morning Britain on David Cameron's negotiations at the February EU Council Summit.
Cameron’s EU deal is wafer thin, but that’s not the point
Prospect
18 February 2016
Neither Cameron's EU reforms nor Brexit would do anything to resolve Britain's economic problems, which are largely homegrown.
Why ripping up EU red tape may not help the British economy
The Telegraph
04 February 2016
Captains of industry tend to think that what is bad for them is bad for the rest of us.
Daily Politics: Cameron's Brussels renegotiations
29 January 2016
John Springford joins the Daily Politics show to discuss David Cameron's renegotiation efforts in Brussels (from 7.43 mins).
Twelve things you need to know about Brexit
Prospect
10 December 2015
What would really happen if Britain left the European Union?