IRELAND FACES HEAVY COSTS FOR BRITAIN’S BREXIT FOLLY. By John Palmer In the complex and sometimes arcane debate about the British government’s Brexit crusade, little attention has been paid to the consequences it will have for our neighbouring island, Ireland. In government circles there appears to date to [...]
Trump and NATO: Opportunities and Dangers By Ira Straus This article was first published by ATLANTIC-COMMUNITY.ORG The Atlantic world is not coming to an end. Not yet, at least. It is facing turbulence, which means serious risks. Change always brings both opportunity and risk. The best way to head [...]
Trump's New World Order: Brexit and Europe in a world turned upside down 16th February 2017 Launch of Professor Stephen Haseler's new pamphlet CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE POLICY PAMPHLET (pdf file) CONFERENCE VIDEOS: Professor Stephen Haseler: (Click to watch the full speech on YouTube) Professor Richard Whitman: (Click [...]
The Supremes say “Stop in the name of Parliament” By Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust On general principles of good governance yesterday’s decision of the Supreme Court must be welcomed. Most Parliamentarians are profoundly uneasy at the erratic course Mrs. May and her government have steered [...]
by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust 17th January 2017 Mrs. May answers the questions with the worst possible answers Mrs. May has answered many of the questions posed to her by commentators before her speech today. These answers provoke the further following reflections. […]
By Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust 16th January 2017 Prime Minister’s Question Time on Europe In his farewell letter to his staff, the departing British Permanent Representative to the European Union, Sir Ivan Rogers, accused government ministers of “muddled thinking” about Brexit. In her speech on 17th January, [...]
Brexit - Is there a plan? 25th January 2017 It is more than 6 months since the referendum on 23rd June but many questions remain unanswered. At this event a panel of expert speakers discussed where the government is in the Brexit negotiations, where they want to be, and where [...]
This article was first published on Social Europe . By John Palmer Dear Jeremy, When I last wrote to you – courtesy of “Social Europe” – 15 months ago no one thought that, because of continuing dissent in the Parliamentary Labour Party, you would soon have to fight a [...]
by Dr Andrew Blick, Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History, King’s College London; and Senior Research Fellow at the Federal Trust Download the report as pdf file. The EU referendum, devolution and the Union Introduction On 2 October 2016, the newly-installed Prime Minister, Theresa May, addressed the [...]
Difficult Brexit questions yield some consensus Media brief: Findings from a new Brexit survey A newly released survey gives depth to attitudes towards Brexit. Three key findings from the 117 respondents to a questionnaire on Brexit were that there was: almost unanimity that Brexit is a threat to UK’s financial [...]
