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Relatively little political news from the UK this week.  The Tory leadership contest continues, as...

It hasn’t been a particularly good week for the reputation of the civil service.

As we predicted, Liz Truss made it to the last two in the Tory leadership contest. It is important...

MPs have voted, and the Conservative leadership hopefuls have been whittled down to two hopefuls.

The Conservative leadership campaign is in full swing, with Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak, Kemi Badenoch...

As UK readers will be well aware, Boris Johnson has finally been forced to resign as prime minister...

Ukrainian forces have been forced to pull back from the strategic city of Severdonetsk, in the east...

The government has finally tabled legislation to address the issues with the Northern Ireland...

Boris Johnson survived a no-confidence vote on Monday.

As will hardly have escaped anyone in the UK, this week has seen the celebration of Queen Elizabeth...

In a week in which Nancy Pelosi issued empty threats that the USA will refuse any trade agreement...

Australia’s Liberal government was defeated in elections this week as Labor [sic] took the most...

Much to report on this week.  The war in Ukraine has seen a relative lull, as Russian forces...

Some under-reported constitutional news to start this week.  Parliament has recently repealed the...

Putin’s invasion of Ukraine enters its second month. Progress remains slow, and the Ukrainians have...

As Putin’s invasion of Ukraine continues to stall, the Kremlin’s messaging appears to be becoming...

Putin’s invasion of Ukraine continues.  The city of Mariupol on the Black Sea coast has come under...

Putin’s war on Ukraine continues.  Russian forces have been advancing slower than Putin’s inner...

Renewables aren’t a gateway to energy autonomy

This week headlines have understandably been dominated by Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, which he...

Storm Eunice may have subsided in Britain but tensions in the Ukraine remain high.

Dear Subscribers, A positive story to start this week’s newsletter.  Nuclear fusion has been just...

Northern Ireland is once again back in the spotlight.  Edwin Poots, the DUP’s agriculture minister...

Good news for us at Briefings this week. For a while we have criticised the Treasury’s Brexit...

The crisis on the EU’s eastern border continues to grow, as Russia moves more troops to its...

The press this week has understandably concentrated on fresh news about Number 10’s lockdown...

Dear Subscribers, After the recent shakeup this Christmas over Northern Ireland, things are quieter...

Happy New Year!  At Briefings we’re returning from a much-needed Christmas break and looking...

The resignation of Lord Frost comes as a serious blow to Boris Johnson’s government and to UK...

News coverage this week has focused heavily on the new Covid restrictions, and the carefully-timed...

The start of Advent has seen the advent onto to the scene of a new, ‘omicron’ variant of COVID-19.

France’s failure to police nautical people-smuggling to the UK has finally borne its inevitable sad...

This week, there’s been a certain degree of Remainer kite-flying and speculation that the...