Blame Brexit, not Theresa May 28th November 2018 by Brendan Donnelly Director, The Federal Trust In the confused discussion surrounding the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration negotiated by Mrs. May with the EU 27, two particular criticisms are frequently voiced. Mrs. May, we are told on all [...]
BREXIT: THE BEGINNING OF THE END? 16th November 2018 by Brendan Donnelly Director, The Federal Trust In the documents released this week by the British government and the EU there is a striking contrast between the detailed and specific nature of the proposed Withdrawal Agreement (WA) and [...]
by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust 24th September 2018 Over the past two years, the Conservative Party has been riven by the conflict between those who wanted the United Kingdom after Brexit to remain closely aligned with the European Union as a trading partner; and those who [...]
by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust August 2018 BREXIT:THE CONSERVATIVE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD The Minister for Exiting the European Union, Dominic Raab, last week published a number of “notifications” on the possibility of the UK’s leaving the European Union without a Withdrawal Agreement (“no deal Brexit”). On the [...]
by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust 18th July 2018 The Conservative MP, Anna Soubry, stunned the Commons and the media earlier this week by asking rhetorically whether it is the Prime Minister or her fellow backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg who “runs the country” when it comes to Brexit. The [...]
by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust 22nd May 2018 The Irish strand of the current negotiations between the UK and the EU presents a rich case study in the delusions and dilemmas of Brexit. It is difficult to think of any other area of the negotiations which [...]
by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust 18th May 2018 The Conservative Cabinet has spent the past month in public controversy about the customs regime to be applied on the island of Ireland after Brexit. It is widely recognised that neither of the two favoured solutions canvassed within the [...]
By Brendan Donnelly Director, The Federal Trust 23rd April 2018 Last week saw two potentially important developments in the continuing campaign against Brexit. There was a significant defeat for the government in the House of Lords on the subject of the Customs Union (CU); and a coalition [...]
By Brendan Donnelly Director, The Federal Trust 27th March 2018 Last week was a difficult period for those inclined to argue that the Labour Party is or may become an effective political vehicle for opposition to Brexit. To the applause of John Redwood, Jeremy Corbyn dismissed Owen [...]
by Dr Andrew Blick, Senior Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History, King’s College London; Senior Research Fellow, The Federal Trust 14th March 2018 Through its insistence on leaving the European Union (EU), the Theresa May government has created an immense challenge for itself. The task is one of immense [...]
