by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust 18th July 2018 The Conservative MP, Anna Soubry, stunned the Commons and the media earlier this week by asking rhetorically whether it is the Prime Minister or her fellow backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg who “runs the country” when it comes to Brexit. The [...]
Education and Research – the future at risk by Hywel Ceri Jones 5th July 2018 As the Cabinet gathers to meet on Friday to attempt to define or probably further fudge its collective approach to the Government’s White Paper on Brexit, it will be important for the public to [...]
Where are we in the Brexit negotiations? 27th June 2018 Speakers: Dr Andrew Blick, King's College London Andrew will be presenting his new paper for the Federal Trust: Devolution, federalism and the UK Constitution: Lessons and implications of the Brexit process Baroness Quin, former Minister for Europe Brendan Donnelly, Director, [...]
Devolution, federalism and the United Kingdom Constitution: Lessons and implications of the Brexit process by Dr Andrew Blick June 2018 About the author Dr Andrew Blick is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History, King’s College London; and Senior Research Fellow at the Federal Trust Download the paper [...]
by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust 22nd May 2018 The Irish strand of the current negotiations between the UK and the EU presents a rich case study in the delusions and dilemmas of Brexit. It is difficult to think of any other area of the negotiations which [...]
by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust 18th May 2018 The Conservative Cabinet has spent the past month in public controversy about the customs regime to be applied on the island of Ireland after Brexit. It is widely recognised that neither of the two favoured solutions canvassed within the [...]
Brexit has the semblance of a new English Civil War by Professor Stefan Collignon 9th March 2018 This article was first published on the LSE Brexit blog. Brexit may be coming, but the terms are far from clear. In the range between the Norwegian model (membership in the customs [...]
By Brendan Donnelly Director, The Federal Trust 23rd April 2018 Last week saw two potentially important developments in the continuing campaign against Brexit. There was a significant defeat for the government in the House of Lords on the subject of the Customs Union (CU); and a coalition [...]
By Bob Savic, Senior Research Fellow, Global Policy Institute and Corporate Advisory Partner with Petersburg Capital LLP 13th April 2018 As Theresa May’s Conservative government and the European Union prepare negotiating positions for a future post-Brexit relationship, the UK’s financial services trade with the EU’s Single Market looks set to [...]
The Austrian Presidency could derail the EU's plans ahead of the 2019 changeover by David Gow, Former German Correspondent, Industrial Editor and European Business Editor, The Guardian 3rd April 2018 This article was first published by Acumen Public Affairs. Austria takes over the EU presidency on July 1, and [...]
