If you thought the Percy Pigs story was a sign of Remainers scraping the very bottom of the barrel...
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Rebuttal: Un-bee-lieable
Recent stories of the UK's licensing of pesticides have nothing to do with the EU and everything to...
Newsletter 10 Jan 2021
The media has been full of apocalyptic reports this week. But none of it is a consequence of Brexit...
Rebuttal: Apocalypse Postponed
The logistical disruption at Calais and Dover prophesied by Remainers has yet to appear.
Newsletter 03 Jan 2021
What a difference a couple of weeks makes. The deal is done! And it’s good enough!
Rebuttal: Of Seas, Seeds and the SNP
Nicola Sturgeon's separatist attacks on the content of the Brexit deal both twist the facts and...
Best Wishes for 2021 (and here are some Brexit benefits)
Best wishes from BfB for a Happy New Year – with powers of self-government restored. Here are some...
New BfB report explains the politics and economics of the...
Fishing is proving to be the final sticking point in the UK-EU negotiations, yet the issues at...
Rebuttal: Dictating the Terms of Trade
The EU's negotiating demands reflect neither normal international practice nor the inevitable force...
Newsletter 20 Dec 2020
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Boris that all the...
Rebuttal: Eras-must or Erasmusnt’?
Calls for the UK to participate in the EU's student exchange scheme rely on dubious statistics and...
Britain has ‘nuclear options’ against EU hostility
The EU has tended to push the UK around in trade talks rather as it does to small nations like...
Newsletter 13 Dec 2020
Perhaps this is it. Perhaps we will be leaving with No Deal.
Rebuttal: A Brexit Bottleneck at the Borders?
Contrary to what some reports are claiming, no-deal disruption at the borders is likely to be...
Newsletter 7 Dec 2020
Exciting news this week, as Britain approved the Pfizer vaccine – becoming the first Western...
Rebuttal: Fishing’s Plaice in Negotiations
British negotiators should discount claims that the sector will be unable to access European...
Rebuttal: Assuming the Worst
Why OECD forecasts are wrong to believe that Brexit will be a serious drag on growth
Newsletter 29 November 2020
Project Fear 3.0 (or is that too low a number?) continues to ramp up the scare stories in these...
Rebuttal: Systematic Crisis or Systematic Lack of Evidence?
We take a look at claims that customs checks will bring about shortages, and look at the problems...
Rebuttal: Will Brexit really cost more than COVID?
Addressing the assumptions behind projections of long-term economic decline.
Newsletter 22 November 2020
Cheery news this week, as the UK and Canada have agreed a post-Brexit trade deal, rolling over the...
Baroness Fox in support of the Internal Market Bill
Baroness Claire Fox made the following powerful speech during the House of Lords debate on the...
Rebuttal: Whither Irish Trade post-Brexit?
Ireland has even more to lose from a hard Brexit than commentators have claimed.
Rebuttal: The Bill, the Lords and the President-Elect
The election of Joe Biden and the defeat of the Internal Market Bill in the Lords won't bring about...
Newsletter 15 Nov 2020
The news from Westminster this weekend looks rather a lot like the breakdown of a gossipy year 9...
Rebuttal: (Electric) Shock and Awe
The problems with threats to remove the UK's access to European energy markets.
New BfB report shows costs of no-deal have been seriously...
With the deadline for a Brexit deal looming, Briefings for Britain is publishing a new report...
Newsletter 8 November 2020
It should have been a week in which we gathered for firework displays and Remembrance services.
Newsletter 01 November 2020
A spooky sense of déjà vu arrived with Halloween this week, as Boris Johnson called another solemn...
Will the Remainer Undead ever give up?
The Remainer media are still publicising flawed and highly negative predictions for the economic...
Too Good to be True?
The recent resumption of Brexit negotiations should prompt caution amongst Leavers, though there...
Rebuttal: REACHing for Solutions
Headlines about manufacturing jobs, polls and the chemical industry generally obscure more than...
Newsletter 25 October 2020
After much huffing and puffing, Michel Barnier was back in Britain to continue talks on Thursday
Newsletter 18 October 2020
Somewhere, a lady with a Covid-risk BMI is warming up her vocal cords. It’s the final Brexit...
Brexiteers beware – a bad deal is still a real risk
The UK’s negotiating efforts with the EU this year have been dramatically better than under the May...
Newsletter 11 Oct 2020
Michel Barnier’s favourite phrase – ‘the clock is ticking’ – is finally becoming more than a...
Rebuttal: Taking Stock of Financial Markets – Part 2
Continuing scare stories about the death of the City say more about the resilience of Project Fear...
Rebuttal: The Price of Peace
Using the threat of violence in Northern Ireland to frustrate Brexit is not only morally...
Newsletter 3 Oct 2020
The world waits for reports of President Trump’s health, as the US election swiftly veered from...
Rebuttal: A Brexit Blow to Automobile Manufacture?
Worries that the EU can cripple British car manufacture are overblown
Newsletter 27 September 2020
The Trade talks between the EU and UK are said to be progressing better than before, with a new...
Newsletter 21 September 2020
This week saw a small string of resignations over the International Markets Bill, although the...
Newsletter 13 Sept 2020
This week the government worried about a second wave of Covid-19, while the media continued to...
Newsletter 06 September 2020
This week everyone continues to gear up for a final negotiating push. All eyes are focussed on the...
Rebuttal: Playing the Blame Game
Brussels tries to put Britain at fault for the slow progress of talks
Newsletter 31 Aug 2020
Of course, the one bank holiday which fell outside of lockdown would have the worst weather.
Newsletter 23 Aug 2020
Michel Barnier is back, playing his favourite broken record. A deal is ‘unlikely’, he tells us this...
Channel crossings – a French negotiating ploy?
It seems rather a coincidence that in the middle of a global pandemic, crossings of illegal...
Newsletter 17 Aug 2020
Britain remembered seventy-five years since Victory in Japan this weekend. Alas, hopes that the...
Newsletter 9 Aug 2020
As if it hasn’t been hot enough across Britain this week, the diehard Remainers continue to pump...