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17 02, 2023

Brexit and a Broken Britain

By |2023-02-17T16:07:56+00:00February 17th, 2023|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Scotland, Video|Tags: , , , , , , , |

In this video, our Chairman John Stevens and Director Brendan Donnelly discuss the recent secret meeting of Labour and Conservative politicians with a view to "making Brexit work". They conclude the Conservative representatives were driven to this meeting by their private realisation of Brexit’s failings; while the Labour Party is [...]

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7 02, 2023

VIDEO: It Will Take Time to Reverse Brexit

By |2023-02-07T16:07:07+00:00February 7th, 2023|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Video|Tags: , , , , |

In this Federal Trust video, Professor Chris Grey argues that relations between the EU and UK would improve significantly under a British government which adopted a less confrontational tone towards the EU. Neither the EU nor the UK would be well served however by a premature reversal of Brexit. Both [...]

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26 01, 2023

VIDEO: Brexit: When Ethics and Truth Died

By |2023-01-26T15:31:01+00:00January 26th, 2023|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Video|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

In this Federal Trust video, our Director Brendan Donnelly argues that Brexit has been instrumental in lowering standards in British public life. Carelessness with the truth was a hallmark of the Leave campaign in 2016; and carelessness with the truth has been necessary since then in order to pretend that [...]

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18 01, 2023

VIDEO: Brexit – A Dream That Is Dying

By |2023-01-18T15:51:56+00:00January 18th, 2023|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Video|Tags: , , , , , , , |

In this Federal Trust video, Professor A.C.Grayling discusses the path by which he believes Brexit can and should be reversed. For Brexit to be durably reversed, changes will however be necessary to the British electoral system. Before accepting British reentry into the EU, our European neighbours will want reassurance that [...]

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21 12, 2022

VIDEO: The Latest Bit of Brexit Nonsense

By |2022-12-21T16:15:04+00:00December 21st, 2022|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Video|Tags: , , , , , , , |

In this new Federal Trust video, Brendan Donnelly argues that the so-called "Brexit Freedom Bill" is both pointless and dangerous. It seeks to repeal thousands of British laws simply because they have a European origin; and it opens the door to the abolition of rights and standards previously guaranteed by [...]

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13 12, 2022

VIDEO: Has Ukraine Made Europe More United?

By |2022-12-13T14:36:57+00:00December 13th, 2022|Categories: Brexit, EU Policies & Institutions, Global, Video|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

In this video, the Federal Trust's Chairman John Stevens and and its Director Brendan Donnelly discuss the impact of the war in Ukraine on the European Union. They argue that the war has tended to make Europe more integrated, but it has also exposed flaws in the Union's decision-making process [...]

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6 12, 2022

VIDEO: Will Brexit and Farage Destroy the Conservative Party?

By |2022-12-06T14:14:58+00:00December 6th, 2022|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Video|Tags: , , , , , , |

In a new video discussion with our Director Brendan Donnelly, our Chairman John Stevens points to Brexit and other divisions already tearing the Conservative Party apart. He argues that the Reform Party will be able to exploit these divisions, particularly if Nigel Farage becomes its leader. If, moreover, the Reform [...]

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22 11, 2022

VIDEO: Hunting for Brexit Benefits

By |2022-11-22T14:19:35+00:00November 22nd, 2022|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Video|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

In this video, our Director Brendan Donnelly argues that Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt realise Brexit is in trouble. The suggestion that the UK might enjoy a "Swiss-style" relationship with the EU is however unrealistic. Neither the EU nor the Brexiteer's European Research Group (ERG) would ever permit it. The [...]

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11 11, 2022

VIDEO: What Do the US Midterms Mean for Brexit?

By |2022-11-11T14:44:26+00:00November 11th, 2022|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Global, Video|Tags: , , , , , , |

In this Federal Trust video, our Chairman John Stevens and Director Brendan Donnelly discuss the impact of American politics on Brexit, both historically and in the future. The present Democratic administration is well-disposed to the EU and unenthusiastic about Brexit. But no future Republican administration is likely to support the [...]

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5 11, 2022

Stalemate in Northern Ireland

By |2022-11-05T07:42:00+00:00November 5th, 2022|Categories: Brexit, Devolution, Europe, UK Constitution, Video|Tags: , , , , , , |

In this video, the former head of the European Commission office in Belfast, Geoff Martin, discusses recent developments in Northern Ireland with our Chairman John Stevens. Geoff Martin predicts that new elections for Stormont will make very little difference to the political stalemate in Northern Ireland, for which he principally [...]

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