Roger Liddle - The Risks of BREXIT. Does Britain Have a Future in the EU? - 10 Oct 2014
Channel: IIEA
Date: 23/02/2015

About the Speech:
 
In his latest book, The Europe Dilemma: Britain and the Drama of EU Integration, Lord Liddle asks if this really is the moment for Britain to leave. He considers the failure of Labour governments to end the UK’s ‘semi detached’ position in Europe and suggests that the politics associated with the EU’s problems may now pose an insurmountable challenge to doing so. Nevertheless, he strongly advocates for Britain’s continued EU membership, making a case for an alternative and bolder British EU agenda. 
 
About the Speaker:
 
Lord Roger Liddle is a Labour Whip and a frontbench spokesperson on Europe and Foreign Affairs in the House of Lords. He joined the Lords as a life Peer in 2010. He currently chairs the Policy Network think tank and is a Director of the University of Cumbria. Previously, Lord Liddle was special adviser on European Affairs to Prime Minister Tony Blair (1997-2004), and from 2004-2007 he served in the European Commission, first in the Cabinet of Peter Mandelson (the EU Trade Commissioner) and then as economic adviser to the European Commission President José Manuel Barroso.