Ukrainian forces have been forced to pull back from the strategic city of Severdonetsk, in the east...
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Brexit is Working
In his recent speech at UK in Changing Europe Lord Frost argued that Brexit was principally about...
Newsletter 19/06/2022
The government has finally tabled legislation to address the issues with the Northern Ireland...
Newsletter 12/06/2022
Boris Johnson survived a no-confidence vote on Monday.
Newsletter 05/06/22
As will hardly have escaped anyone in the UK, this week has seen the celebration of Queen Elizabeth...
Newsletter 29/05/22
In a week in which Nancy Pelosi issued empty threats that the USA will refuse any trade agreement...
Newsletter 22/05/22
Australia’s Liberal government was defeated in elections this week as Labor [sic] took the most...
Scraping the Barrel
A critical overview of some recent claims on the impact of Brexit.
Germany and France Fall Short on Ukraine
BfB Advisory Board member Nick Busvine OBE was one of the panellists at a lively Battle of Ideas...
Newsletter 10 April 2022
Much to report on this week. The war in Ukraine has seen a relative lull, as Russian forces...
Ukrainian Update no 1 (9 April 2022)
We intend to publish updates from former soldier and diplomat Adrian Hill, one of our regular...
Newsletter 03 April 2022
Some under-reported constitutional news to start this week. Parliament has recently repealed the...
Newsletter 27 March 2022
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine enters its second month. Progress remains slow, and the Ukrainians have...
Newsletter 20 March 2022
As Putin’s invasion of Ukraine continues to stall, the Kremlin’s messaging appears to be becoming...
Newsletter 13/03/2022
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine continues. The city of Mariupol on the Black Sea coast has come under...
Newsletter 06 March 2022
Putin’s war on Ukraine continues. Russian forces have been advancing slower than Putin’s inner...
Britain isn’t failing Ukraine
Suggestions that the UK isn’t taking enough refugees or has lagged behind EU efforts to help...
Turning off the Gas
Renewables aren’t a gateway to energy autonomy
Newsletter 28 Feb 2022
This week headlines have understandably been dominated by Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, which he...
Putin’s war on Ukraine
Contrary to Remainer predictions of a loss of influence post-Brexit, the UK response to Russia’s...
Newsletter 20 Feb 2022
Storm Eunice may have subsided in Britain but tensions in the Ukraine remain high.
The EU’s Attack on Investment Arbitration and its...
An analysis of the Commission's recent infraction proceedings against the UK over a Supreme Court...
It is high time for the government to act on the Sewell Report
The government, as it seeks to find a new sense of purpose, should take up the findings of last...
Newsletter 13 Feb 2022
Dear Subscribers, A positive story to start this week’s newsletter. Nuclear fusion has been just...
Newsletter 06 Feb 2022
Northern Ireland is once again back in the spotlight. Edwin Poots, the DUP’s agriculture minister...
Newsletter 30 Jan 2022
Good news for us at Briefings this week. For a while we have criticised the Treasury’s Brexit...
Spending Bonanza for Northern Ireland
Like other parts of the UK Northern Ireland’s living standards have been sustained through the...
The crisis on the EU’s eastern border continues to grow, as Russia moves more troops to its...
Newsletter 17 Jan 2022
The press this week has understandably concentrated on fresh news about Number 10’s lockdown...
Bloomberg’s Brexit Blunder
A salutary lesson in the dangers of allowing argument to dictate the assessment of evidence
Newsletter 10 Jan 2022
Dear Subscribers, After the recent shakeup this Christmas over Northern Ireland, things are quieter...
A New Year’s Miscellany of Failed Brexit Predictions
A new Year’s review of prophecies that never came true. We’ve looked through some previous pieces...
Newsletter 03 Jan 2022
Happy New Year! At Briefings we’re returning from a much-needed Christmas break and looking...
Trade War or Jaw-Jaw?
Can the EU begin a trade war over Article 16 while respecting the treaties and the rule of law?
Newsletter 19 December 2021
The resignation of Lord Frost comes as a serious blow to Boris Johnson’s government and to UK...
Security Lapse: A further example of one rule for us and another...
BfB has been keenly following the career of Angus Lapsley through a series of articles over a long...
Comparing Brexit Trade Flows
We examine further claims that the UK’s trade is suffering from Brexit
Newsetter 13 December 2021
News coverage this week has focused heavily on the new Covid restrictions, and the carefully-timed...
Newsletter 06 December 2021
The start of Advent has seen the advent onto to the scene of a new, ‘omicron’ variant of COVID-19.
Slaves to the Northern Ireland Protocol
This week we examine claims about the supposedly beneficial effects of the Northern Irish Protocol...
Newsletter 28 November 2021
France’s failure to police nautical people-smuggling to the UK has finally borne its inevitable sad...
Toward a Rational Decarbonisation Policy
This is a transcript of the oral evidence Dr John Constable gave to the House of Lords' industry...
Newsletter 22 November 2021
This week, there’s been a certain degree of Remainer kite-flying and speculation that the...
Is Article 16 Illegal?
Rejoiner and EU efforts to frustrate the use of Article 16 to solve problems with the Northern...
Newsletter 14 November 2021
With internal scandals over politicians’ second jobs and the COP-26 Climate Summit dominating...
Newsletter 07 November 2021
The recent Guy Fawkes’ Night is a salutary reminder that the UK’s storied history of liberty and...
Rebuttal: Lost in Mistranslation?
Remainers mistakenly claim that Jean Castex’s letter wasn’t about punishing Britain
Newsletter 31 October 2021
As befits a Halloween newsletter, this week’s Brexit stories have got some Remainers spooked. ...
Budgeting Irresponsibility
Why the OBR is wrong to claim that Brexit will cause a 4% drop in long-term growth.
Newsletter 25 October 2021
This week has seen renewed skirmishing over the Northern Irish Protocol. Elements of the UK press...