28 02, 2023

Brexit and Northern Ireland: Who Got What They Wanted?

By |2023-02-28T16:04:08+00:00February 28th, 2023|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Video|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

In this new video, our Chair John Stevens and  Director Brendan Donnelly discuss the new "Windsor Framework" for the Northern Ireland Protocol. They conclude that the agreement gives both sides most of what they sought to achieve. They do not believe that a similar agreement would have been possible with [...]

10 06, 2022

VIDEO: Are Boris Johnson & Brexit Finished?

By |2022-06-10T13:03:08+00:00June 10th, 2022|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Video|Tags: , , , , , |

In this video, our Chairman Johns Stevens and Director  Brendan Donnelly discuss Boris Johnson’s chances of survival as Prime Minister. They also consider the implications of his current  weakened position for Brexit and in particular for the Northern Ireland Protocol. WATCH THE VIDEO HERE or in the player below:   [...]

28 09, 2021

The German elections and the future of the euro

By |2021-09-28T15:03:32+00:00September 28th, 2021|Categories: EU Policies & Institutions, Europe, Future of Europe|Tags: , , , , , |

The extraordinarily tight outcome of the German elections has created the danger for the European Union of prolonged negotiations before the next federal government can be formed, lasting even as long as until Christmas. However, it also contains a most significant opportunity. This is not merely due to the defection [...]

20 09, 2021

Brexit, the Euro and Rejoin

By |2021-12-17T10:28:45+00:00September 20th, 2021|Categories: Brexit, September 2021|Tags: , , , , , , |

There is much talk amongst erstwhile Remainers that we must not anticipate, let alone advocate, an early British return to the European Union. Some, whose grasp of history is limp, even compare our situation to that of the Jacobites following the failure of the ’45. Many of us are certainly [...]

1 10, 2020

Don’t just blame Johnson, blame the Brexit he enabled

By |2020-10-09T11:24:51+00:00October 1st, 2020|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Europe|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Photo credit: Steve Nimmons / CC BY There is a celebrated passage in Marcel Proust’s “Sodom and Gomorrah” where the narrator sums up the nature of a character, Charles Morel, who in some sense encapsulates all that is vile in the values of his milieu. Morel, we are [...]

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