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
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
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
God forbid that the United Kingdom should take a lead and introduce a sensible tax system of its own which would probably comprise a very low level of corporation tax - tax on corporate profits - and perhaps a low level of corporate sales tax, because sales are where they are, and sales in this country are sales here, which we can tax here. Nigel Lawson comprisecorporatecorporation share on social
The successful conduct of economic policy is possible only if there is - and is seen to be - full agreement between the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Nigel Lawson agreementchancellorconduct Change image and share on social
A flat-rate poll tax would be politically unsustainable; even with a rebate scheme, the package would have an unacceptable impact on certain types of household. Nigel Lawson flathouseholdimpact Change image and share on social
I am not surprised Cameron says he supports what Gillard is doing in Australia because we have, in the U.K., a totally misconceived climate change plan as well. Nigel Lawson australiacameronchange Change image and share on social
You do not need to be within the single market to be able to export to the European Union, as we see from the wide range of goods on our shelves every day. Nigel Lawson dayeuropeanexport 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
You have got to clear up that corporation tax in the modern way has had its day as a major source of revenue, and we have got to find a new system. Nigel Lawson clearcorporationday Change image and share on social