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 [...]

5 03, 2024

EU sanctions: New package cracks down on third country businesses evading Russia sanctions

By |2024-03-05T18:35:30+00:00March 5th, 2024|Categories: EU Policies & Institutions, Europe, Global, Trade & Financial services, UK, Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: , , , |

New EU sanctions package crackdown on third country businesses evading Russia sanctions The European Union (EU) adopted a 13th package of sanctions against Russia last month to mark two years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In line with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s pronouncement that "we must keep degrading [...]

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 [...]

28 02, 2024

PODCAST: Brexit: Destroyer of the Conservative Party?

By |2024-02-28T16:01:30+00:00February 28th, 2024|Categories: Audio, Brexit|Tags: , , , , , |

In this new episode of the Federal Trust podcast, 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. Listen to the podcast here [...]

28 02, 2024

A two-tier federal budget for the European Union

By |2024-02-28T15:53:21+00:00February 28th, 2024|Categories: EU Policies & Institutions, Europe, Federalism, Views from the Federal Trust|

Published by European Policy Centre The European Union is taking on new tasks. But unless legal and political constraints on its budget are lifted, the EU will be left with inadequate financial resources. In this Discussion Paper, the authors propose a radical restructuring of the EU budget after 2027 into [...]

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

Soon Labour Will Need a Policy on Europe

By |2024-02-15T09:10:26+00:00February 14th, 2024|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: , , , , |

The impact of Brexit, linked to wrong-headed right-wing economic and social policies also part of the Conservative-LibDem policy matrix for Britain since 2010, has had the biggest political-economic-social impact on peace-time Britain in more than a century. The political class has disintegrated. Britain was famous for its political stability. Now [...]

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