by Ira Straus Chair, Center for War-Peace Studies 22 March 2019 Of all Theresa May’s red lines, one and only one is legitimately termed “Red”: the one that prohibits any Brexit that divides the United Kingdom. It is Red as it is a vital national interest, indeed the foremost of all [...]
by Brendan DonnellyDirector, The Federal Trust 18th March 2019 UPDATE 25/03/19:Last week the European Council gave the United Kingdom two further weeks to come up with a plan for avoiding a “no deal” Brexit. It is now up to Parliament to adopt such a plan and make the government adopt [...]
27th March 2019 Joint event by the Federal Trust, Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and Global Policy Institute A panel discussion reviewing the Brexit process just before the expiry of the 2-year deadline for the Article 50 procedure. Speakers: Baroness Smith of Newnham Director of the European Centre in the Department of Politics and [...]
by Dr Andrew BlickSenior Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History at King’s College London; Senior Research Fellow at the Federal Trust 8th March 2019 Parliament, it might be tempting to believe, can now seize control of the Brexit agenda. But a closer examination of the present political environment reveals a picture less flattering to the heart of [...]
by Dr Kirsty Hughes Director of the Scottish Centre on European Relations 22nd February 2019 This article was first published by the Scottish Centre on European Relations Introduction The tangled, chaotic and damaging process of Brexit[1] will drag on for many years to come, unless the UK changes its mind [...]
byIra Straus 26th February 2019 Three blackmail threats -- no deal, no Brexit, and Jeremy Corbyn -- have boxed in MPs as if in jail cells, blocking the changes a majority would want. Can the cross-party defectors start a jailbreak? Blackmail on the Right, Blackmail on the Left. Mrs May [...]
by Dr Andrew BlickSenior Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History at King’s College London; Senior Research Fellow at the Federal Trust 26th February 2019 It is an irony frequently remarked upon that the Brexit process, though embarked upon partly in the name of the sovereignty of Parliament, has seen this institution [...]
by Brendan DonnellyDirector, The Federal Trust 20th February 2019 A frequent criticism of the Prime Minister is that she prematurely triggered the Article 50 negotiations in March 2017 and did so without a realistic plan for their conduct. If she had waited longer and planned better, her critics contend, she [...]
by Dr Hywel Ceri Jones 11th February 2019 This article first appeared on Click on Wales. About the AuthorHywel Ceri Jones is Former Director General of the European Commission's Directorate General for Employment, Social Policy and Industrial Relations (1993-1998), with responsibility for the European Social Fund and the EU’s Peace and Reconciliation [...]
Click here to download the paper in pdf format Introduction The Brexit episode has seen the political system of the United Kingdom subject itself to immense pressures. Politics always involves tension. However, the cross-cutting divisions exposed and widened by the prospect of leaving the EU are of a more fundamental [...]
