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BREXIT: “No Deal” is still on the table

By Federal Trust|2019-03-25T10:52:06+00:00March 18th, 2019|Categories: Blog, Europe|Tags: Article 50, article 50 extension, Brexit, EU, meaningful vote, No Deal, people's vote, Theresa May, Withdrawal Agreement|

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 [...]

Parliament: sovereign or supine?

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 [...]