In this new Federal Trust video our Chairman John Stevens and Director Brendan Donnelly discuss the implications of the Credit Suisse collapse for the City and for Brexit. They conclude that the collapse of CS makes the British government's deregulation agenda for the City even less viable than before; and [...]
In this Federal Trust video, John Stevens and Brendan Donnelly discuss the new Illegal Migration Bill. They conclude that it is unlikely to solve the problem it supposedly addresses; is open to legal challenge; and is largely a product of the internal wranglings of the Conservative Party. There are many [...]
In this recorded session, Professor Jim Gallagher and Glyndwr Cennydd Jones explore the successes and challenges of the devolution arrangements since 1999; the need for change and reform of the UK constitutional landscape; and the opportunities presented by models of federalism and confederalism. WATCH THE VIDEO HERE or in the [...]
New EU extra-territorial level playing field rules may adversely impact UK investment in the bloc The European Union (EU) has introduced major new legislation which could have broad implications for extra-territorial jurisdiction over businesses based in any non-EU country including the UK. The Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), which will apply [...]
In this new video, our Chair John Stevens and Director Brendan Donnelly discuss the new "Windsor Framework" for the Northern Ireland Protocol. They conclude that the agreement gives both sides most of what they sought to achieve. They do not believe that a similar agreement would have been possible with [...]
In this Federal Trust video, the Trust’s Director Brendan Donnelly argues that the current negotiations about the Northern Ireland Protocol reflect many of Brexit’s underlying flaws. The problems Brexit would cause for Ireland were foreseeable and foreseen. The Protocol attempts to wrestle with some of these problems. There is however [...]
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 [...]
There is a mystery for me in contemplating the political career of Nicola Surgeon. I first faced this during the 2015 General Election, which I spent largely in Scotland, campaigning for Unionist friends. I was hoping to see the “No” campaign victory in the 2014 referendum (in which I was [...]
Democratic backsliding has become such a defining trend in global politics over the past decades that the democratisation of the European Union has gone largely unnoticed.[1] After the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009, however, the EU has been advancing its transition from a [...]
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 [...]
