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The Northern Ireland Protocol is back in the news. 

Some readers will have noticed that Facebook this week refused to publicise a Spectator front cover...

Happy New Year! It’s a particularly joyous start for us at Briefings – one of our co-editors Prof...

A very happy Christmas to all of you from Briefings for Britain!  We wish you a season of carols...

Germany is insisting on more “EU democracy” (from a coalition that wants a federal Europe) before...

Happy Advent.  Amidst the rail strikes, nursing strikes, criminal barristers’ disputes and other...

Brexit supporters were put on alert by comments made by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt in interview, who...

Ukraine has retaken the strategic city of Kherson, as Russian forces abandon their positions on the...

The scale of Channel migration continues to grow. 

With the “coronation” of Rishi Sunak as the next prime minister, UK politics may become a bit more...

Bleak news across much of Europe this week. In France, Emmanuel Macron invoked emergency powers to...

This week sees the release of a major report by Briefings co-editor Graham Gudgin and regular...

Amid the general disarray of the mini-budget, the government’s concessionary signals on Northern...

The mini-budget continues to provoke controversy, with the Conservatives slumping in recent polls...

The Briefings Newsletter returns after a break over last weekend for the Queen’s funeral.  There’s...

The Queen is dead. Long live the King.

For all of the problems in the West, we are in the midst of an important success against aggressive...

The final week of the Conservative leadership contest begins on Monday. 

The UK has begun dispute resolution proceedings with the EU over membership of Horizon Europe...

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.