The Federal Trust has long made a powerful contribution to the study of federalism. It has a particular interest in the European Union and Britain's place in it
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Jan 29
Brexit and Immigration: The Arc of the Pendulum
- New Report by Jonathan Thomas
The Federal Trust, jointly with The Constitution Society, has published a major new report tackling the interplay between immigration policy and Brexit.
Read it here:š
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May 22
Is Brexit breaking Britain - and would re-joining the EU and joining the euro be an answer to our economic problems? asks @GrahamBishopcom in a new paper for @FedTrust:
fedtrust.co.uk/is-brexit-breā¦
#RejoinEU #Brexitproblems #sovereigndebt #Trump #IranWarā
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6 Nov 2025
Can PR End Reform and Brexit?
Brexit has made a comeback in British political discourse.
John Stevens and @Brendandonn discuss that this could be dangerous for Reform at the next General Election:
youtu.be/dmauzAFiyHM?si=B7eaā¦ via @YouTube
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10 Oct 2025
VIDEO: Are Labour moving against Brexit?
John Stevens and @Brendandonn discuss the political and economic advantages for the Labour Party of a more overtly pro-European policy.
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youtu.be/7khjyT-Uamg?si=Gvy6ā¦ via @YouTube
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19 Sep 2025
Post- Brexit UK must choose: America or Europe?
@Brendandonn and John Stevens predict that the UK will opt for Europe, despite the short term attractions of the āspecial relationshipā:
youtu.be/50cb_Ut774c?featureā¦ via @YouTube
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25 Jul 2025
The Federal-Confederal Letters
@GlyndwrCJ and @DavidMelding make the case for reform of the UKās governing framework,
sharing views and experiences on models of devolution, federalism and confederalism in their correspondence.
READ HERE:
fedtrust.co.uk/the-federal-cā¦
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9 Jul 2025
Has Brexit cost us Ā£40bn?
@JohnSpringford concludes in this new video with @Brendandonn and John Stevens that the economic consequences of Brexit have been as negative as predicted by its opponents.
youtu.be/Br-D21zon9k?featureā¦ via @YouTube
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23 Jun 2025
The Times reporting on the new @FedTrust and @Con_Soc report by @JohnSpringford:
thetimes.com/business-money/ā¦
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23 Jun 2025
The Economic Impact of Brexit, Nine Years On: Was the Consensus Right?
The short answer: Yes.
A new Report by @JohnSpringford for @FedTrust and @Con_Soc confirms a large hit to GDP, trade and investment from Brexit:
fedtrust.co.uk/the-economic-ā¦
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23 Jun 2025
If we take the OBR's assumption of a 4% reduction in productivity to be right, and that to have come through by now, that's a Ā£40 bn hit to tax revenues. The 2019-24 parliament raised taxes by Ā£100 bn, so a large chunk would not have been needed.
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12 Jun 2025
Why the EU must commit itself to its democracies ā and why that matters for the United Kingdom
New article by Jaap Hoeksma:
fedtrust.co.uk/why-the-eu-muā¦
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21 May 2025
Brexit Reset or Brexit Betrayal?
Andrew Blick and @Brendandonn discuss the announced "reset" of relations between the UK and EU. They doubt however whether the changes envisaged can seriously be regarded as a "reset" of EU/UK relations:
youtu.be/xbYvNPS78gc?featureā¦ via @YouTube
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30 Apr 2025
NEW VIDEO: Brexit doesnāt work, federalism does
Andrew Blick and @Brendandonnelly discuss the need for more international cooperation in the face of the environmental and populist challenges facing the whole planet:
youtu.be/l-L3HgNP8SQ?featureā¦ via @YouTube
#RejoinEU #Brexit #Trump
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27 Mar 2025
NEW ARTICLE:
Andrew Blick and Alex Loktionov look to Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia to identify precedents, patterns, and differences against which we can assess current concerns about the global prospects for democracy:
fedtrust.co.uk/prospects-forā¦
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18 Mar 2025
Can Brexit Survive Trump?
@Brendandonn and John Steven argue that Trump's disruptive Presidency could have positive consequences for Europe and for the UK:
youtu.be/DyBf1giO5Cw?featureā¦ via @YouTube
#Trump #RejoinEU #Brexit #UKdefence
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3 Mar 2025
NEW VIDEO: Is Danger for Ukraine a Danger for Brexit too?
John Stevens and @Brendandonn discuss the dangers and opportunities created for the UK and the EU by #Trumpās volatile policy-making:
youtu.be/BHM1uz-vXGY?featureā¦ via @YouTube
#Brexit #RejoinEU
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26 Feb 2025
New Video:
A NEW WORLD ORDER? TRUMP vs EUROPE
John Stevens and @Brendandonn discuss the impact of Donald Trump's first month in power on the security of Europe.
youtu.be/_Ukkyv21MLg?featureā¦ via @YouTube
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5 Feb 2025
VIDEO: Is Trump the End of Brexit?
On the 5th anniversary of Brexit, @Brendandonn and John Stevens find that the pro-Brexit arguments deployed in the 2016 campaign have without exception been disproved by events over the past nine years.
youtu.be/qB4hB2bLgz4?featureā¦ via @YouTube
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