Theresa May on the psychiatrist's couchMarching over the cliff, chanting ‘it’s our duty’ by Ira Straus 11th December 2018 Everyone has their mental blocks --thoughts and fears that hold their minds hostage. The PM’s are holding her entire country hostage; a tragic situation, hostage to a policy she herself believes [...]
No Deal, No Brexit, or May's Brexit: Getting to legitimate procedures for voting among the options by Ira Straus 7th December 2018 About the AuthorIra Straus is the Chair of the Center for War-Peace Studies, which examines the use of complex electoral systems in holding plural societies together. In the 1990s, [...]
Exiting Brexit: The possibilities 4th December 2018 by Dr Andrew Blick Dr Andrew Blick is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History at King’s College London, where he is also Director of the Centre for British Politics and Government. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Federal Trust. Click [...]
Brexit: The Endgame? 3rd December 2018 After the publication of the proposed Withdrawal Agreement and the Political Declaration, the Prime Minister claimed that the Brexit negotiations were in the "endgame". The vagueness of the Political Declaration about the future relations between the EU and the UK make this a [...]
Hostages to fortune: The unravelling of the Brexit prospectus November 2018 By Dr Andrew Blick About the Author Dr Blick is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History at King’s College London, where he is also Director of the Centre for British Politics and Government. He is [...]
Hard Brexit: Passport to Nowhere for British Services With grateful thanks for assistance from E.Piciocchi, J.Kuozas & E.Manias. October 2018 “We're on a road to nowhere Come on inside Taking that ride to nowhere We'll take that ride... ....They can tell you what to do But they'll make a [...]
Defence in Europe in the shadow of Brexit – Implications for Germany and the UK 5th November 2018 Panel Discussion jointly organised by the Federal Trust with Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and Global Policy Institute Panellists: Elisabeth Braw Director, Modern Deterrence programme, RUSI Professor Richard Whitman Professor Politics and International Relations , [...]
Churchill – a `founding father’ of the European Union – would vote to Remain by Graham Bishop – Vice Chairman, European Movement (UK) 17 September 2018 This is a summary of a longer article written by Graham Bishop. You can read the full article here (pdf file). Winston Churchill has [...]
EU citizenship in the shadow of Brexit 22 October 2018 EU27 citizens in the UK still face an uncertain future if Britain leaves the EU and British citizens still face being stripped of their EU citizenship. At this conference we took stock of the situation facing millions of citizens whose lives, [...]
OWNING OUR FUTURE RELATIONSHIP WITH EUROPE Joint event by the Federal Trust with Industry Forum 15th October 2018 Speakers: Catherine West MP, Member of Parliament for Hornsey & Wood Green (Labour) Dr Phillip Lee MP, Member of Parliament for Bracknell, (Conservative) Allison Roche, UNISON Policy Officer lead for Brexit Lord [...]
