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AuthorJonathan Lindsell joined Civitas in 2013 as EU researchfellow after reading history at Trinity College, Oxford.His other reports include ‘Does the EU impede economicgrowth?’ and ‘Britain should opt out of the EU policeand criminal justice measures’. He has written for theIndependent, Conservative Home, the Index on Censorshipand Open Democracy.AcknowledgementsMany thanks to everyone who talked to me or advised meduring this study, especially Anna Sonny and Joe Wrightfrom Civitas, Oliver Lewis, Dr Andrew Clark and MartinHaworth from the NFU, Barrie Deas from NFFO, SamanthaMitchell and Marko Maslakovic from TheCityUK, JaneHutt and her staff from the Welsh Government, StevenRadley from EEF, Jayne Almond and Sietske De Grootfrom FSB, and Dr Stan Higgins from NEPIC.· vi ·