1 Global Vision Perspective 57 Tuf t on St reet , London SW1P 3QL, Tel 020 7233 3121, Fax 020 7222 4388 info@global-vision.net Moored to the Continent? By Dr Mark Baimbridge, Dr Brian Burkitt and Professor Philip B. Whyman In the first of two papers for Global Vision, economists Mark Baimbridge, Brian Burkit t and Philip Whyman argue t hat t he economic evidence available suggest s t hat , for t he UK, t he cost s of EU membership out weigh t he benefit s. Yet despit e this, the British political elite continue to assert that no viable alternatives to deeper European int egrat ion exist . Baimbridge, Burkit t and Whyman disput e t his opinion by invest igat ing a number of possible approaches t o t he relat ionship bet ween Brit ain and t he EU. They suggest t hat analysis of t hese opt ions will forever explode the claim that there is no alternative for Britain.