This article first published by Policy Exchange argues that attempts to assess the impact of Brexit...
Author - Graham Gudgin
Missed Opportunities for the Irish Border
With the UK government about to publish a bill giving UK ministers powers to impose alternative...
Over-excitement about Sinn Fein
The media frenzy about a sea change in Northern Ireland has now abated somewhat as the reality of...
The New Post-Invasion World
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine destroys any illusions we might have held about the limited nature of...
Muddling Up. The Levelling Up White Paper
In its much-satirised Levelling Up report, the civil service has produced a bloated lemon. Despite...
What Impact will the Protocol have on the Northern Ireland...
This is the first of two articles reviewing the potential impact of the Irish Protocol on the...
Who is still afraid of Martin Wolf?
Graham Gudgin takes up cudgels again with the chief economics commentator of the Financial Times...
The Irish Protocol: Versailles for slow learners
Some of you may have seen a version of this article on the Spiked website this week. For those who...
Calling Time on the Northern Ireland Protocol
In this extended version of his recent article on the Spiked website, Graham Gudgin anticipates the...
Only Joking. Boris and the Pits
Boris Johnson’s quip about Thatcherite pit closures being a help to climate change may have been...
David Frost rewrites the NI Protocol
This weeks Command Paper ‘The Northern Ireland Protocol. The Way Forward’ contains radical...
The steps HMG needs to take on the Irish Protocol
In this presentation to the Northern Ireland Assembly Finance Committee on June 23rd, Graham...
The steps HMG needs to take on the Irish Protocol-Written...
In this written evidence for a NI Assembly Finance Committee inquiry into the NI Protocol, Graham...
How far can the NI Protocol be changed?
The UK and EU appear to be on course for a major clash over the Northern Ireland Protocol but after...
Who is better off, North or South in Ireland?
Those who bear ill-will to the UK like to bad-mouth Northern Ireland and wrongly suggest that it...
EU disarray on vaccines. How many lives are being lost?
It is now clear that vaccinations are saving lives in the Covid pandemic. The faster the rollout of...
Is an Irish Sea customs border a threat to Unionism
BriefingsforBritain co-editor Dr Graham Gudgin was asked by the Belfast Telegraph to reflect...
Combatting Remainer versions of Brexit history
Remainers are not about to surrender their belief in the damaging nature of Brexit. While it is...
If Scotland is to leave the UK, a majority of Scots needs to...
Dr Graham Gudgin suggests that the rules of an independence referendum for Scotland are too lax and...
We really must change the Irish Protocol
When Graham Gudgin gave evidence to the House of Commons Northern Affairs Committee this week the...
Submission to NI Affairs Committee Inquiry Brexit and the NI...
This is the written evidence given by Dr Graham Gudgin to the House of Commons Northern Ireland...
Distorted Irish economy means high payments to the EU
Ireland is the world’s largest tax haven, causing huge distortions to Irish national economic...
No United Ireland. Not Now. Not Ever
Brexit and Covid have increased the flow of articles arguing that it is inevitable that Northern...
Now is the time to combat Scottish Nationalism
With supporters of Scottish independence riding high in the polls, the UK Government needs to take...
Why do so many economists get Brexit wrong?
The economics profession continues to try to prove that Brexit has already had negative...
Does soaring debt matter for post-Brexit Britain?
The UK faces a range of unforeseen challenges as it leaves the EU Single Market and Customs Union...
A New Border in the Irish Sea
The Cabinet Office has published a paper outlining its approach to carrying the agreement in the...
Back to work soon? And back to Brexit?
The improvement in the covid-19 pandemic is taking place rapidly and we can be optimistic about the...
Covid-19 and Irish Unity
Just as Brexit was used by Irish nationalists to further the case for Irish unity and the breakup...
When Can We Get Back to Work?
Much attention is currently focussed on when the lockdown can be ended, the economy returned to...
Will the Virus Blow Brexit Off-Course?
Rumours that the Brexit trade negotiations will stall and ending the Transition may be delayed have...
The Budget the Virus and Post-Brexit Britain
Graham Gudgin argues that our first year fully outside the EU is likely to be one in which the UK...
Brexit At Last?
In the last of BfB’s election predictions the Conservatives are predicted to win a workable...
Brexit looks Safe for the Time Being
In the second of our election prediction briefings we observe that the latest poll of polls show a...
Who Will Win the 2019 General Election?
The 2019 general election is unusually complex but electoral modelling suggests that the...
Unreasonable Pressures on the DUP
In this blog which is an updated version of an article appeared in the Belfast Newsletter...
There’s nothing complex about the Irish border
Graham Gudgin on the border, the Good Friday Agreement, and why No Deal is nothing to fear.
Yellowhammer. A Project Fear Crescendo
In this article, based on one first published on the Spectator Coffee House website, Graham Gudgin...
EU Co-operation is a given in a free-trade process
The letter below was published on the Financial Times Letters page on July 28th 2019. The letter...
No Deal is in Sight
Alongside the resignation of Theresa May and the Euro-election results Graham Gudgin argues that...
Overturning the Referendum?
In this edited version of his article for the Northern Ireland;s pro-union daily - The Belfast...
Little to Fear from No Deal
Written before the April 10th EU Council Meeting this article rehearses the case for no deal. While...
Why a Customs Union Remains a Terrible Idea
We are publishing a refreshed and updated version of this article which first appeared on this site...
Pulling the Wool. The PM’s Last Gasp
In what may become to be known as the Strasbourg stunt the PM and EU made a last desperate attempt...
The Malthouse Compromise
There are strong political and economic reasons to accept the Malthouse Compromise – once the...
Sliding Smoothly Out of the EU
Theresa May’s attempt to rescue the Withdrawal Agreement will almost certainly fail. As March 29th...
Who’s Afraid of Martin Wolf?
Graham Gudgin takes to task the influential Financial Times economic commentator Martin Wolf who he...
A Letter to Remainers
Graham Gudgin describes his experience of a remainer-dominated Brexit rally in affluent South...
What Does It Mean to Leave the EU with No Deal?
Former Australian High Commissioner and Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, writing with Graham...
Fourteen Reasons Why a UK-EU Customs Union Remains a Terrible...
The economic arguments in favour of UK customs union membership with the EU are weak. The...