Category: United Kingdom

The formal enactment of Brexit came into force on January 31st 2020, complete with a transitional agreement to add bells and […]

In this new video, the Director of the Federal Trust, Brendan Donnelly, talks about the reluctance of British politicians to […]

“Boris has done Brexit. We are out of the EU. We are at the start of a new chapter of […]

Brendan Donnelly argues that there is less to the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal than meets the eye. The coming months […]

Dr Kirsty Hughes predicts that Brexit will be a source of continuing instability for the UK in 2021, both nationally and […]

Brendan Donnelly argues that Boris Johnson’s uncertainty between a deal and no-deal for Brexit is an appropriate and inevitable culmination […]

Professor Richard G. Whitman discusses the Labour Party’s dilemma on whether to support a Brexit “deal” (if a deal is […]

Dr Andrew Black argues that Brexit has contributed to a general lowering of democratic standards in the UK. Read more […]

Dr Andrew Blick asks whether membership of the EU was the glue holding the UK together since 1973. He fears […]

Brendan Donnelly argues that despite the resumption of the Brexit negotiations Boris Johnson could still opt for a “no deal” […]

Check out the latest video podcast by the Federal Trust in which its Director Brendan Donnelly discusses the Brexit negotiations. […]

President Clinton admonished us that it was “the economy, stupid”. Perhaps, in the current febrile situation this should be amended […]

That the UK’s union of four nations is under strain is not new to anyone who has been paying attention. […]

No version of Brexit avoids disruption for Northern Ireland and the peace process. Furthermore, it is inherent in the logic […]

Yesterday’s summit between the Prime Minister and President Macron, on the margins of the latter’s visit to celebrate the 80th anniversary […]

Brendan Donnelly argues that the likelihood of a “no deal” Brexit was for a long time underestimated. It is only […]

No version of Brexit avoids disruption for Northern Ireland and the peace process. Furthermore, it is inherent in the logic […]

In this piece for the Federal Trust, TEPSA’s Member Institute in the United Kingdom, Vicky Pryce discusses the implications of […]

Andrew Blick, Leaving one Union, dividing another: The Irish border, the exit agreement and its implications, 22nd January 2020 In […]

Graham Bishop, Negotiating with a bloc seven times your size: Clash No 1 – Financial Services, 14th February 2020 The […]

Brendan Donnelly, Brexit: The British government starts to recognise reality,  14th February 2020 Michael Gove’s acknowledgement that trade between the […]

Brendan Donnelly, Brexit: Rejoiners must learn from their mistakes, 22nd January 2020 Many members of the “Remain Coalition” have been […]

Kirsty Hughes, Scotland’s Shifting Politics in the Face of Brexit, 14th February 2020 Brexit day has come and gone. There […]

Dr Andrew Blick, Brexit – By Royal Appointment? – 12th July 2019 Senior Research Fellow Dr Andrew Blick discusses whether the […]

Brendan Donnelly, The Brexit Revolution Eats its Conservative Parents, 9th July 2019 Federal Trust Director Brendan Donnelly argues that as […]

Dr Andrew Blick, After the fall: governing the UK in the post-May era, 13th June 2019 Senior Research Fellow Dr Andrew […]

Brendan Donnelly, After Theresa May the deluge, 20th May 2019 Federal Trust Director Brendan Donnelly argues that Theresa May will […]