In this Federal Trust video, our Director Brendan Donnelly argues that Brexit has been instrumental in lowering standards in British public life. Carelessness with the truth was a hallmark of the Leave campaign in 2016; and carelessness with the truth has been necessary since then in order to pretend that [...]
In this new Federal Trust video, Brendan Donnelly argues that the so-called "Brexit Freedom Bill" is both pointless and dangerous. It seeks to repeal thousands of British laws simply because they have a European origin; and it opens the door to the abolition of rights and standards previously guaranteed by [...]
In this video, the Federal Trust's Chairman John Stevens and and its Director Brendan Donnelly discuss the impact of the war in Ukraine on the European Union. They argue that the war has tended to make Europe more integrated, but it has also exposed flaws in the Union's decision-making process [...]
In this video, our Director Brendan Donnelly argues that Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt realise Brexit is in trouble. The suggestion that the UK might enjoy a "Swiss-style" relationship with the EU is however unrealistic. Neither the EU nor the Brexiteer's European Research Group (ERG) would ever permit it. The [...]
In this Federal Trust video, our Chairman John Stevens and Director Brendan Donnelly discuss the impact of American politics on Brexit, both historically and in the future. The present Democratic administration is well-disposed to the EU and unenthusiastic about Brexit. But no future Republican administration is likely to support the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
21 July 2022 “Rejoining is the only satisfactory means of addressing the manifest problems caused by Brexit…When faced with growing harm, the time to commence reversing the action that has caused it is now.” At this webinar, Professor Andrew Blick of King’s College London presented his new Federal Trust report, [...]
