Author - Briefings For Britain

It’s not quite a second wave, but we have seen a few new Covid ripples across the country this week...

Sir Ian Botham continues to fight the good fight for global Britain this week, as Britain and the...

It’s one year since Boris Johnson came to power. And what a year.

The swimming pools have reopened and no chlorine-related deaths reported as yet.

Risks to Brexit this week include the entire population of England having been at the pub since 6am...

The 4th July approaches, and it won’t just be Americans celebrating Independence Day this year

Boris Johnson likes his Brexit breakthroughs to come with a bilateral love-in.

It was a week for thinking about Britain’s chequered past. There was some thoughtful...

All eyes are on the US this week, following the killing of George Floyd and widespread protests...

This week people across the country will be reunited with friends and family for the first time...

The last few months have been so full of unexpected turns that we have almost grown used to them...

Our (very slightly loosened) lockdown continues and Covid-19 is still the biggest story in town...

It’s not the VE Day we would have wanted, but it will have to do. Bunting still abounded, Vera Lynn...

We continue to live life governed by the pause button. The government is due to announce the next...

This week Britain was treated to all its favourite comedians reprising their greatest hits –...

We’re all going to be locked down for another three weeks, but the good news is that the government...

A dark week for Britain. The coronavirus death toll reached over 900 a day and the Prime Minister...

It’s sunny outside, but Britain watches from its windows as the boredom of the lockdown starts to...

The last few days have seen the biggest changes to everyday British life ever seen in peacetime. It...

For most people Brexit is the least of their worries this week. As the death toll associated with...

Brexit dominated the news cycles for so long, it became hard to imagine anything else causing the...

The stark differences between British and European negotiating aims grow ever clearer. This week on...

This was the week that both sides locked horns. Negotiating mandates were published by both the UK...

This week Britain’s chief negotiator David Frost gave an admirably clear – and personal – account...

It was (ex)cheque-mate for Sajid Javid this week, in the first major shake-up of Boris Johnson’s...

Boris Johnson spent this week channelling Churchill. But not that one. No, this week it was John...

Dear Subscribers, It took three and a half years of Parliamentary infighting, two general...

The Withdrawal Declaration has been signed by both sides, and people across Britain are preparing...

This was a week we were treated to more mentions of the word bong than at any time in British...

The Pope remains Catholic, bears continue to do their business in the woods, and the EU is making...

And we’re back! The champagne corks have popped, it’s 2020, and – as if everyone’s livers have not...

Less than a week to go until the election. And good job too, given the increasingly lacklustre...

Dear Subscribers, The election has been overshadowed this weekend by the tragic events at London...

The election campaign trundles along, with no major excitement during this week’s debates.

Dear Subscribers, Nominations have been finalised and the election is a mere 25 days away. Although...

Dear Subscribers, This week we celebrated Parliament not being blown up in 1605. Though perhaps...

Dear Subscribers, This year’s Christmas TV schedules will be even more dominated by repeats than...

Dear Subscribers, Finally, a majority for some form of Brexit in the House of Commons. This should...