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The BBC take on the Brexit scorecard two years on
We reproduce here a recent BBC 'scorecard' on the impact of Brexit two years in. We do so to...
Newsletter 08/01/23
Some readers will have noticed that Facebook this week refused to publicise a Spectator front cover...
Newsletter 01/01/23
Happy New Year! It’s a particularly joyous start for us at Briefings – one of our co-editors Prof...
Newsletter 19/12/22
A very happy Christmas to all of you from Briefings for Britain! We wish you a season of carols...
Newsletter 04/12/22
Germany is insisting on more “EU democracy” (from a coalition that wants a federal Europe) before...
Newsletter 27/11/22
Happy Advent. Amidst the rail strikes, nursing strikes, criminal barristers’ disputes and other...
Newsletter 20/11/2022
Brexit supporters were put on alert by comments made by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt in interview, who...
Newsletter 13/11/22
Ukraine has retaken the strategic city of Kherson, as Russian forces abandon their positions on the...
Lord Lilley’s defence of the Protocol Bill’
In his House of lords speech on the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill on October 11t, Lord Lilley...
Newsletter 06/11/22
The scale of Channel migration continues to grow.
Newsletter 30/10/22
With the “coronation” of Rishi Sunak as the next prime minister, UK politics may become a bit more...
Newsletter 23/10/22
Bleak news across much of Europe this week. In France, Emmanuel Macron invoked emergency powers to...
Newsletter 16/10/2022
This week sees the release of a major report by Briefings co-editor Graham Gudgin and regular...
Newsletter 19/10/22
Amid the general disarray of the mini-budget, the government’s concessionary signals on Northern...
Newletter 02/10/22
The mini-budget continues to provoke controversy, with the Conservatives slumping in recent polls...
Newsletter 25/09/2022
The Briefings Newsletter returns after a break over last weekend for the Queen’s funeral. There’s...
Newsletter 11/09/22
The Queen is dead. Long live the King.
Newletter 05/09/22
For all of the problems in the West, we are in the midst of an important success against aggressive...
Newsletter 28/08/2022
The final week of the Conservative leadership contest begins on Monday.
Newsletter 18 August 2022
The UK has begun dispute resolution proceedings with the EU over membership of Horizon Europe...
Newsletter 14/08/2022
Relatively little political news from the UK this week. The Tory leadership contest continues, as...
Newsletter 07/08/2022
It hasn’t been a particularly good week for the reputation of the civil service.
Newsletter 01/08/2022
As we predicted, Liz Truss made it to the last two in the Tory leadership contest. It is important...
Newsletter 26/07/22
MPs have voted, and the Conservative leadership hopefuls have been whittled down to two hopefuls.
Newsletter 19 July 2022
The Conservative leadership campaign is in full swing, with Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak, Kemi Badenoch...
Newsletter 10/07/2022
As UK readers will be well aware, Boris Johnson has finally been forced to resign as prime minister...
Newsletter 26/06/2022
Ukrainian forces have been forced to pull back from the strategic city of Severdonetsk, in the east...
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...