Brendan is a former Conservative Member of the European Parliament, who left the Conservative Party in 1999 in protest against its anti-European policies. Since then then he has stood in the European Elections of 1999,2009 and 2014, always for pro-European parties. Before entering politics, Brendan Donnelly worked as an official in the Foreign Office, the European Parliament and the European Commission. He now runs a pro-European think tank and has written widely about the European Union, and Brexit.