May 2017
Book review by Danny Dorling in the Times Educational Supplement
Brexit: How the prime minister, unions and bosses lost and a small
group of men from the far right fringe won 4 May at 09:26 :
https://www.facebook.com/dorlingdanny/posts/1852203738365261
Danny Dorling, Oxford University wrote:
"This is a good book, but it does not follow the money. A better
book would try to work out how people were influenced to swing so
wildly towards Leave in the run-up to the vote. But thanks to this
book we know how the vote did swing over time to Remain and which
groups of voters were easiest to influence, if you had the money,
could put up enough posters of immigrants flooding in, and have
enough newspapers report them."
We at INIREF would like to know more about what the rich people
and businesses who massively funded the brexit campaign believed
that they had to gain if Britain leaves the EU. Are they worried
about their monies and businesses and tax evasion in tax havens?
About stronger regulation of finance and banking which might be
introduced by the EU? About a possible transaction ("Tobin") tax
which, although suggested by Attac has been recently praised by
Herr Dr. Schäuble, the German finance minister?
Has anyone tried to collate evidence about this? Are there
articles or ongoing studies which try to "follow the (brexit)
money"?
Here are a couple of "case reports":
Sir Paul Marshall on backing Brexit: Hedge fund chief wants
industry to find its voice in debate on how to leave the EU
https://www.ft.com/content/5ab5fb78-2437-11e7-8691-d5f7e0cd0a16
Peter Hargreaves gives £3.2m to Leave Campaign Hargreaves
Lansdown's co-founder revealed to be one of the biggest backers of
the anti-EU campaign group in the referendum.
citywire.co.uk/money/peter-hargreaves-gives-3-2m-to-leave-campaign/a907486
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