The dilemmas of Brexit have not been changed by the election by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust 13th June 2017 The parallels between the European referendum of 2016 and the General Election of 2017 are striking. Both were risky and avoidable events, called into being exclusively [...]
After the election comes the painful Brexit reality by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust It should have come as little surprise that the election called by Mrs. May, supposedly to set the tone for the forthcoming Brexit negotiations, should have contained so little serious discussion [...]
The Brexit election will not make Brexit easier for Mrs. May by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust Announcing her decision to call for a general election in June, the Prime Minister claimed that “every vote for the Conservatives will make me stronger when I negotiate for Britain [...]
Pointless soft Brexit, suicidal hard Brexit By Brendan Donnelly Director, The Federal Trust In a controversial article last week the associate editor of the Financial Times Wolfgang Muenchau asserted that after the triggering of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty it was now inevitable that the United [...]
Article 50 and the dictatorship of the “democratic” majority By Brendan Donnelly Director, The Federal Trust During the EU referendum of last year, there was much talk of the supposed estrangement between British voters and their political representatives. The narrow victory of the Brexit camp has since often [...]
How long will Parliament ignore the 48%? by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust David Jones, the Minister for Brexit, assured the House of Commons this week that it would have the opportunity to vote on the treaty negotiated by Mrs. May’s government to bring about [...]
The Supremes say “Stop in the name of Parliament” By Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust On general principles of good governance yesterday’s decision of the Supreme Court must be welcomed. Most Parliamentarians are profoundly uneasy at the erratic course Mrs. May and her government have steered [...]
by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust 17th January 2017 Mrs. May answers the questions with the worst possible answers Mrs. May has answered many of the questions posed to her by commentators before her speech today. These answers provoke the further following reflections. […]
In this article our director Brendan Donnelly argues that the triggering of Article 50 will not be the end of the Brexit story. Mrs May is likely to face over the next two years growing obstacles in her path of extricating the UK from the European Union. There is a [...]
