The heart of the matter is that the very nature of the European Union, and of this country's relationship with it, has fundamentally changed after the coming into being of the European monetary union and the creation of the eurozone, of which - quite rightly - we are not a part. Nigel Lawson changecomecountry share on social
One of the things that concerned me was the way the system operated: the wife who went out to work got a full personal allowance, but the wife who was working at home got nothing. This was particularly hard on wives who gave up work for a time to bring up children. Nigel Lawson allowancebringchild share on social
Too much of British business and industry feels similarly secure in the warm embrace of the European single market and is failing to recognise that today's great export opportunities lie in the developing world, particularly in Asia. Nigel Lawson asiabritishbusiness share on social
Those who claim that to leave the E.U. would damage the City are the very same as those who in the past confidently predicted, with a classic failure of understanding, that the City would be gravely damaged if the U.K. failed to adopt the euro as its currency. Nigel Lawson adoptcityclaim share on social
I'm sure Mark Carney is a very clever young man, but I think that the government would be mad to move from inflation targeting to money GDP targeting. Nigel Lawson carneyclevergdp Change image and share on social
Raising the personal allowance is massively expensive. For the same amount of money, you could look at reducing the rate of tax. Nigel Lawson allowanceamountexpensive Change image and share on social
To govern is to choose. To appear to be unable to choose is to appear to be unable to govern. Nigel Lawson choosegovernunable Change image and share on social
One of the most important things that a Thatcher government did was change the mood of the nation to give it back its confidence. Nigel Lawson backchangeconfidence Change image and share on social
The pro-E.U. campaign is all too likely to be based on a fear of the unknown because in most people's lifetime, we have never been out of the E.U. Nigel Lawson basecampaignfear Change image and share on social
The 'in' campaign will attempt to scare people into believing that if the U.K. were to leave, investment and jobs would move abroad. They are as wrong about that now as they were when they warned that this would happen if we did not sign up to the Euro. Nigel Lawson abroadattemptbelieve share on social
