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31 10, 2022

VIDEO: Will the City Lose Its Euro Clearing Business?

By |2022-10-31T14:31:54+00:00October 31st, 2022|Categories: Brexit, Trade, Trade & Financial services, Video|Tags: , , , , , , , |

In this Federal Trust video, the financial analyst Graham Bishop and the Chairman of the Trust, John Stevens, discuss the likelihood and the significance of the City of London losing its approximately €100 trillion Euro derivatives clearing business to the Eurozone by 2025. Among other implications, the loss of its [...]

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26 10, 2022

VIDEO: Sunak Going Nowhere?

By |2022-10-26T12:01:26+00:00October 26th, 2022|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Trade, Video|Tags: , , , , , , |

In this video, the Trust's Director Brendan Donnelly argues that Liz Truss has done the country a service by exposing the unreality of the philosophy underlying Brexit. Sunak may still believe that he can make Brexit work. But he will have little time to pursue his Brexit-related dreams, given that [...]

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17 10, 2022

VIDEO: The End of Singapore-on-Thames

By |2022-10-22T14:36:36+00:00October 17th, 2022|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Global, Trade, Video|Tags: , , , , , , , |

In this Federal Trust video our Chairman John Stevens and Brendan Donnelly discuss the implications for Brexit of the past turbulent ten days in British politics. They conclude that the failure of the "mini-budget" marks the end of "Singapore on Thames" as a model for Brexit. It is however unclear [...]

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14 10, 2022

VIDEO: Unexpected Realism on Northern Ireland from Liz Truss

By |2022-10-22T14:31:33+00:00October 14th, 2022|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Video|Tags: , , , , , |

In this Federal Trust video, the former European Editor ​of The Guardian John Palmer speaks about the apparent pragmatism of the new Conservative government in discussing the Northern Ireland Protocol. Differences about the implementation of the Protocol remain, but the UK and the EU seem eager to find a solution [...]

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27 09, 2022

VIDEO: The Hard Brexit Budget Is Breaking the Pound & the UK

By |2022-09-27T13:04:22+00:00September 27th, 2022|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Video|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The Director of the Federal Trust, Brendan Donnelly,  argues that Kwasi Kwarteng's budget reflects all the problems of Brexit. It is reckless, it is based on fantasy and it will help the minority at the expense of the majority. It is a giant step towards "Singapore on Thames." The reactions [...]

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12 09, 2022

VIDEO: Liz Truss Gambles with the UK’s Future

By |2022-09-12T13:05:56+00:00September 12th, 2022|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Foreign Policy & Defence, UK Constitution, Video|Tags: , , , , , , |

In this new Federal Trust video, the Trust's Chairman John Stevens argues that the new British Prime Minister, Liz Truss, is taking a dangerous gamble with the economic future of the United Kingdom, particularly in the context of the ongoing Brexit crisis. The UK is already facing a severe energy [...]

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12 08, 2022

VIDEO: Sunak wants to “Keep Brexit Safe”

By |2022-08-12T13:38:18+00:00August 12th, 2022|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Video|Tags: , , , , , , |

In this Federal Trust video, our Director Brendan Donnelly analyses the new initiative of Rishi Sunak to “deliver” Brexit and to keep it “safe.” His conclusion is that Brexit can never be delivered to the satisfaction of its supporters; and that Brexit is much less safe than its supporters might wish. [...]

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5 08, 2022

VIDEO: Brexit brings out the worst in Truss and Sunak

By |2022-08-05T13:34:51+00:00August 5th, 2022|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Video|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

In this video, our Director Brendan Donnelly discusses the role of Brexit in the Conservative leadership contest. He argues that the confused debate on European issues between Truss and Sunak reflects the incoherence of Brexit as a political project. He concludes that the Conservative Party is currently unable to discuss [...]

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29 07, 2022

VIDEO: Getting Brexit Undone – Talk by Andrew Blick

By |2022-07-29T15:27:54+00:00July 29th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Brexit, Europe, Video|Tags: , , , , |

In this video, Professor Andrew Blick discusses his new Federal Trust report “Getting Brexit Undone” at the launch webinar on 21 July 2022. He argues that the opposition parties should commit themselves to reversing Brexit after the next General Election, as well as advocating a programme of constitutional reform including proportional [...]

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28 07, 2022

VIDEO: Confederal Federalism – A model for the United Kingdom?

By |2022-07-28T14:24:28+00:00July 28th, 2022|Categories: Devolution, Federalism, Scotland, UK Constitution, Video|Tags: , , , |

With Nicola Sturgeon having recently addressed the Scottish Parliament about her plans for a second independence referendum, and the Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales, established by the Welsh Government, currently considering options for fundamental reform of the UK’s constitutional structures, the four nations of these isles are potentially approaching a crossroads of [...]

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