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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
London, UK
Joined June 2012
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. Watch here👇 https://t.co/ZwwP5F9XaW via @YouTube
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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 “special relationship”: https://t.co/cIcUbntlNj via @YouTube
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The Federal-Confederal Letters @GlyndwrCJ and @DavidMelding make the case for reform of the UK’s governing framework, sharing views and experiences on models of devolution, federalism and confederalism in their correspondence. READ HERE: https://t.co/DJHwGZ3kwm
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by David Melding and Glyndwr Cennydd Jones July 2025 sees the release of the booklet The Federal-Confederal Letters by David Melding, member of the Federal Trust Council, and Glyndwr Cennydd Jones,...
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Has Brexit cost us £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. https://t.co/P5ktxhieuw via @YouTube
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The Times reporting on the new @FedTrust and @Con_Soc report by @JohnSpringford: https://t.co/v0JlgwNBGW
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Office for Budget Responsibility’s forecast of a 4 per cent productivity loss from leaving the EU has been largely borne out, says top economist
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@JohnSpringford @Con_Soc 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 £40 bn hit to tax revenues. The 2019-24 parliament raised taxes by £100 bn, so a large chunk would not have been needed.
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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: https://t.co/idARm0LAOJ
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A new report by John Springford, commissioned by the Constitution Society and the Federal Trust, analyses the economic impact of Brexit nine years after the UK voted to leave the EU. The Economic...
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Why the EU must commit itself to its democracies – and why that matters for the United Kingdom New article by Jaap Hoeksma: https://t.co/bFz5E7QKIb
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‘The EU can only thrive if its democracy thrives’, Ursula von der Leyen confidently claimed in her acceptance speech of the Charlemagne Prize in May 2025. Yet, the Commission President presents the...
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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: https://t.co/JUAP7yCKeW via @YouTube
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NEW VIDEO: Brexit doesn’t 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: https://t.co/OgoY09FcmT via @YouTube
#RejoinEU #Brexit #Trump
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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: https://t.co/H5EPZr9ZFX
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Can Brexit Survive Trump? @Brendandonn and John Steven argue that Trump's disruptive Presidency could have positive consequences for Europe and for the UK: https://t.co/FaWq62W022 via @YouTube
#Trump #RejoinEU #Brexit #UKdefence
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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 #Trump’s volatile policy-making: https://t.co/DCQnrHW6iX via @YouTube
#Brexit #RejoinEU
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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. https://t.co/96EqA7CcsJ via @YouTube
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PODCAST: 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. https://t.co/zpXIjA8Qt7 via @rss
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John Stevens and Brendan Donnelly mark the fifth anniversary of Brexit by reviewing the arguments of the referendum campaign in 2016. They conclude that the arguments deployed in favour of Brexit...
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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. https://t.co/spkhTvMb1z via @YouTube
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