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Brendan Donnelly

About Brendan Donnelly

Brendan Donnelly, a former Conservative MEP, is director of the Federal Trust

Will Brexit destroy the UK?

October 9, 2018 by Brendan Donnelly Leave a Comment

‘There is a saying among global trade negotiators that the world is divided between cannibals and lunch. The UK may be finding painfully that leaving the protection of the cannibals has condemned it to become lunch. It was certainly Stephen (Haseler)’s view that the English superstate was just as incapable of responding to new challenges internationally as it was domestically.’

EVEL: a cure worse than the disease

October 1, 2015 by Brendan Donnelly Leave a Comment

Trucking to English nationalism via EVEL is Anglo-centric small-mindedness – and threatens the sustainable, long-term future of the UK, argues a leading British federalist.

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