About Brendan Donnelly

Director, The Federal Trust; Former MEP (1994-1999)
14 03, 2024

VIDEO: Brexit – Will Reform Destroy the Conservative Party?

By |2024-03-14T17:07:29+00:00March 14th, 2024|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Video|Tags: , , , , |

Our Director Brendan Donnelly and Chair John Stevens discuss the impact of the Reform Party on British politics. They argue that its threat to the Conservative Party lies in its ability to win over those voters still committed to Brexit who think that Brexit’s failure could have been avoided by [...]

14 03, 2024

PODCAST: Brexit – Will Reform Destroy the Conservative Party?

By |2024-03-14T17:56:47+00:00March 14th, 2024|Categories: Audio, Brexit, Europe|Tags: , , , , , |

Our Director Brendan Donnelly and our Chair John Stevens discuss the impact of the Reform Party on British politics. They argue that its threat to the Conservative Party lies in its ability to win over those voters still committed to Brexit who think that Brexit’s failure could have been avoided [...]

8 03, 2024

VIDEO: Brexit – The American Dimension

By |2024-03-08T16:34:21+00:00March 8th, 2024|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Global, Video|Tags: , , , , |

John Stevens is the Chair of the Federal Trust and an analyst and commentator on economic affairs. John Stevens and Brendan Donnelly discuss the crucial American component of the Brexit debate. Many of those arguing for Brexit in 2016 did so because they favoured a closer alignment between the UK [...]

8 03, 2024

PODCAST: Brexit – The American Dimension

By |2024-03-08T16:34:55+00:00March 8th, 2024|Categories: Audio, Brexit, Europe, Global|Tags: , , , |

John Stevens is the Chair of the Federal Trust and an analyst and commentator on economic affairs. John Stevens and Brendan Donnelly discuss the crucial American component of the Brexit debate. Many of those arguing for Brexit in 2016 did so because they favoured a closer alignment between the UK [...]

28 02, 2024

VIDEO: Brexit – Destroyer of the Conservative Party?

By |2024-02-28T16:36:33+00:00February 28th, 2024|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Video|Tags: , , , , , |

In this new Federal Trust video, Brendan Donnelly and John Stevens discuss the effects of Brexit on the internal cohesion of the Conservative Party. They argue that, while the referendum of 2016 was intended to heal Conservative divisions, Brexit has exacerbated divisions within the Party, probably irreparably. WATCH THE VIDEO [...]

14 02, 2024

VIDEO: Will Trump Destroy NATO?

By |2024-02-14T16:01:28+00:00February 14th, 2024|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Foreign Policy & Defence, Global, Video|Tags: , , , , |

In this latest Federal Trust video, our Chair John Stevens and Director Brendan Donnelly discuss the implications of a Trump Presidency for Europe and the United Kingdom. They conclude that if Trump becomes the next American President, then the European Union will be both prepared and able to increase its [...]

14 02, 2024

Podcast: Will Trump Destroy NATO?

By |2024-02-14T15:59:18+00:00February 14th, 2024|Categories: Audio, Brexit, Europe, Foreign Policy & Defence, Global, UK|Tags: , , , |

In this Federal Trust podcast, John Stevens and Brendan Donnelly discuss the implications of a Trump Presidency for Europe and the United Kingdom. They conclude that if Trump becomes the next American President, then the European Union will be both prepared and able to increase its expenditure on defence. This [...]

18 01, 2024

Podcast: Labour Divided on Brexit?

By |2024-01-18T11:00:07+00:00January 18th, 2024|Categories: Audio, Brexit, Europe|Tags: , , , |

In this new podcast, our Director Brendan Donnelly and Chairman John Stevens discuss the likely course of the British debate on Brexit in 2024. They suggest that the Mayor of London’s new intervention in this debate is both part of his election strategy for the Mayoral elections and a foretaste [...]

16 01, 2024

VIDEO: Labour Divided on Brexit?

By |2024-01-16T15:42:12+00:00January 16th, 2024|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Global, Video|Tags: , , , , , , |

In this new Federal Trust video, Brendan Donnelly and John Stevens discuss the likely course of the British debate on Brexit in 2024. They suggest that the Mayor of London’s new intervention in this debate is both part of his election strategy for the Mayoral elections and a foretaste of [...]

8 12, 2023

Podcast: Immigration after Brexit – the Conservative Party implodes

By |2024-01-18T12:42:59+00:00December 8th, 2023|Categories: Audio, Brexit, Europe|Tags: , , , , |

Brendan Donnelly and John Stevens discuss the latest proposals of the British government to reduce net migration into the UK. They conclude that these proposals simply represent the latest instalment in the Conservative Party’s continuing internal divisions over Brexit’s consequences. They will be economically damaging and are unlikely to help [...]

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