“A week is a long time in politics” according to Harold Wilson, the first Labour Party prime minister to break 13 years of Conservative party rule. A year is an even longer time, and a very great deal can happen during that time, particularly to governments led by the Conservative [...]
by Brendan DonnellyDirector, The Federal Trust 14th February 2020 Michael Gove’s acknowledgement that trade between the UK and the EU after 1st January 2021 will be far from frictionless is a watershed in the Brexit process. The claim that Brexit would not significantly impinge upon British trade with the European [...]
by Dr Andrew BlickReader in Politics and Contemporary History at King’s College London; Senior Research Fellow at the Federal Trust 14th February 2020 Criticism of the European Union in United Kingdom (UK) political discourse has often focused upon the proposition that as a project it is federal in nature. For this [...]
Joint event by the Federal Trust, Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and Global Policy Institute 3rd March 2020 Now that the United Kingdom has formally left the European Union, the next phase of Brexit focusses on negotiating the future relationship between the UK and its European partners. Our expert panel will discuss issues such [...]
This article was first published by the Dahrendorf Forum. With Brexit day finally upon us, Iain Begg reflects upon the past and future of the UK’s relationship with the EU, concluding that, whilst in many ways it may be ‘over’, the UK is still far from ‘out’. Finally, it happened: [...]
Speech by Brendan Donnelly, Director of the Federal Trust, to Stratford4Europe
This article was first published by sceptical.scot “Scotland is going to leave on January 31 and, assuming no extension to the transition period, Scotland will be out, out, out by the end of the year.” These blunt words from a senior European official, said without rancour or regret, encapsulate a [...]
by Dr Kirsty HughesDirector of the Scottish Centre on European Relations 14th January 2020 This article was first published by Scottish Centre on European Relations In just two weeks, the UK will leave the EU – a huge damaging folly, irreversible in the next few years. And, as Boris Johnson [...]
by Roger CasaleFounder and Secretary-General of New Europeans and Former Member of the UK Parliament 13th January 2020 This article was first published in The Brussels Times. “The habit-forming pain, Mismanagement and grief, We must suffer them all again” W.H.Auden, from the poem 1st September 1939 The plight of EU [...]
The economic costs of separatism and the strategic costs of contagion by Ira Straus Chair, Center for War-Peace Studies 6th January 2020 While there is much discussion in London of the economic and administrative consequences of Brexit, there is little similarly detailed discussion of the possible consequences of Scottish independence. [...]
