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Meeting with Lord Tebbit, Exit Strategy Conference and Research on How EU Laws are Made

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The Bruges Group spearheads the intellectual battle against the notion of "ever–closer Union" in Europe and, above all, against British involvement in a single European state. A meeting with Lord Tebbit & Richard Shepherd MP Tuesday, 19th October 2010 Exit Strategy Saturday, 6th November 2010 How EU Laws are Made The anti-democratic system by which we are governed The EU’s latest financial threat Watch the full meeting online Why the election pledges must be honoured Watch the Bruges Group fringe meeting online NEXT MEETING A meeting with Lord Tebbit & Richard Shepherd MP Lord Tebbit, a key figure in British public life, and the respected Parliamentarian, Richard Shepherd MP, will fly the flag for democracy, freedom and the nation-state Tuesday, 19th October 2010 6.45pm for 7.00pm ADMISSION: £10 payable on the door or in advance Including wine, orange juice, mineral water and nibbles To purchase your ticket visit: www.brugesgroup.com/meetings Or call Robert Oulds on 020 7287 4414, or reply to this e-mail Alternatively you can click here for a form to book your place WITH SPEAKERS Rt Hon. Lord Tebbit of Chingford, CH Lord Tebbit was the Member of Parliament for Chingford and a vital part of the reform process carried out by the Thatcher governments. Lord Tebbit was a key fi gure in the battle against the Maastricht Treaty, and is an active opponent of EU federalism. He remains to this day an enduring standbearer of democracy and the nation-state. Richard Shepherd MP Richard Shepherd is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Aldridge Brownhills. He has been a champion for more open and transparent government and is known and respected for the long campaign he fought for freedom of information. Richard Shepherd is also a campaigner against compulsory metrication. He has had a distinguished Parliamentary career. Previously he has been a winner of both The Spectator's Award as Backbencher of the Year and Parliamentarian of the Year. Richard Shepherd was also a Maastricht Rebel and fought for a referendum on that Treaty. He lost the Whip in November 1994 after voting against the European Communities (Finance) Bill, but had it returned four months later. LOCATION: Princess Alexandra Hall, Royal Over-Seas League, Over-Seas House 6 Park Place, St James’s Street, London SW1A 1LR AGENDA: Lectures: 7pm – 8pm Discussion: 8pm – 8.30pm Wine and refreshments: 8.30pm – 10pm EXIT STRATEGY Bruges Group Conference Working towards taking Britain out of the European Union Saturday, 6th November 2010 10.30am - 6.15pm ADMISSION: £20 payable on the door or in advance Including lunch, coffee, wine, orange juice, mineral water, tea and cheese and biscuits To purchase your ticket visit: www.brugesgroup.com/meetings Or call Robert Oulds on 020 7287 4414, or reply to this e-mail Alternatively you can click here for a form to book your place With the Speakers James Sale FRSA is a recognised world expert on motivation. He is also a major contributor to the influential blog site: www.businessandpolitics.org. James will talk on how British dynamic energy comes from autonomy and freedom - with creativity! As such we should leave the restrictive EU. Jon Gaunt is an award winning radio and TV personality and national newspaper columnist who is well known for his outspoken views and his ability to speak for the man in the street. He is also the author of Best of British. Jon believes in the absolute right of every British citizen to have their say on the EU which is why he is adamant that the UK must get a referendum on the EU. Caroline Boin works on environment and development issues for the International Policy Network. She has co-authored a series of publications on accountability such as Fake Aid, A Closer Union and Friends of the EU. Caroline will talk about how the EU funding of green groups is further undermining accountability and democracy and how the EU’s “green agenda” is harming the interests of developing countries. Roland Vaubel is Professor of Economics at the University of Mannheim, Germany. As well as writing for the Bruges Group he is also the author of the IEA papers The European Institutions as an Interest Group: The Dynamics of Ever Closer Union (2009) and The Centralisation of Western Europe (1995). Professor Vaubel’s talk is titled EU Financial Market Regulation: A Strategy of Raising Rivals’ Costs. Alexander Deane is a Barrister and the Director of Big Brother Watch. He is a World Universities Debating Champion and the author of two books, including The Great Abdication. Under Alex’s direction, Big Brother Watch has produced researched reports on CCTV cameras, the DNA database, covert surveillance by councils and the right of local officials to enter private property. He regularly appears on national radio and television. Alex will talk about the EU’s surveillance culture. Jeremy Nieboer is a lawyer who specialises in corporate and commercial law. He was the lead solicitor on the applications to the High Court and Court of Appeal for judicial review of the then Foreign Secretary’s (Douglas Hurd) decision to ratify the Maastricht Treaty in 1993. Jeremy will speak on the costs of the EU’s environmental policies. Steven Woolfe is the General Counsel at Boyer Allan Investment Management. He is also the founder of the Hedge Fund Lawyers Association. Steven is one of the City’s most formidable campaigners against the EU’s regulation of financial services, which threatens the long term prosperity of the City of London and, by extension, the London and UK economies. Dr Richard Wellingsis Deputy Editorial Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs. He is the author of several papers and reports examining economic policy issues from a free-market perspective. A longstanding Eurosceptic, Richard worked as an election agent for the Referendum Party during the campaign of 1997. More recently, he edited the IEA monograph, The European Institutions as an Interest Group: The Dynamics of Ever-Closer Union, which was published in 2009. Richard will discuss how the institutions of the European Union are damaging the economy. Hugo van Randwyckhas researched the various relationships that Britain can have with other European countries once we are outside of the EU. Areas that he has studied include bi-lateral trade agreements with the EU, the European Economic Area and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). Hugo will present the case for Britain joining EFTA and discuss the practicalities of joining. LOCATION: The Great Hall, King's College London, The Strand, London WC2R 2LS AGENDA: Registration and Coffee: 10.30am Morning Session: 11am – 1pm Lunch: 1pm – 2pm Afternoon Session: 2pm – 4pm Refreshments: 4pm - 4.15pm Evening Session: 4.15pm – 6.15pm How EU Laws are Made The anti-democratic system by which we are governed EU governance takes place in a landscape of complex, half-hidden structures that in other societies would suggest the ossified residue of centuries of struggle and compromise. This paper offers a sketch of this landscape. Click here to read the full analysis WEBCAST Watch the highlights of the September 2010 meeting online The EU's latest financial threat John Redwood MP discussed the threat to the City of London from the EU's AIFM Directive. Also at this event the respected economic commentator Gabriel Stein talked on the current economic outlook/problems for the euro area, including looking at the history of previous monetary unions and the technicalities involved in leaving the euro. PODCASTS Click here to listen to John Redwood MP Click here to listen to Gabriel Stein Watch the full meeting online WEBCAST Watch the highlights of the October 2010 meeting online Why the election pledges must be honoured Roger Helmer MEP and the Daily Mail columnist Melanie Phillips spoke on how the Prime Minister has dropped his own manifesto commitments to take back powers from Brussels and to protect the UK from the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights; this is despite the fact that he was elected promising to do so. To make matters worse the pledge to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty was already abandoned. At this year’s Conservative Party Conference the Bruges Group made the case as to Why the election pledges must be honoured. And why the Conservative leadership must stop selling-out on Europe to the Lib Dems. PODCASTS Click here to listen to Roger Helmer MEP Click here to listen to Melanie Phillips Watch the Bruges Group fringe meeting online -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Honorary President: The Rt Hon. the Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, LG, OM, FRS Vice-President: The Rt Hon. the Lord Lamont of Lerwick, Chairman: Barry Legg Director: Robert Oulds MA, Head of Research: Dr Helen Szamuely Washington D.C. Representative: John O'Sullivan, CBE Founder Chairman: Lord Harris of High Cross, Former Chairmen: Dr Brian Hindley, Dr Martin Holmes & Professor Kenneth Minogue -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For further information contact: Robert Oulds Director The Bruges Group 227 Linen Hall, 162-168 Regent Street, London W1B 5TB UK Tel: +44(0) 20 7287 4414 Mobile: 07740 029787 E-mail: info@brugesgroup.com