Red tape: A piscatorial take
Read the new blog from Best for Britain: Taking back control of our fish is starting to smell a little off. The fishing industry is heading for a brave new waterworld of red tape and tariffs.British entrepreneurial spirit knows no bounds, until a pandemic comes along We are known for fair play - that's why I voted against the Internal Market Bill
Read Baroness Altmann's new piece for Best for Britain: "The UK is known around the world for our fair play, our probity and commitment to the rule of law - that's why I voted against the Internal Market Bill"The Donkey in the room - why Joe’s win is a problem for Johnson
Read the blog: Many are celebrating Biden’s win. But No.10 has reasons to feel nervous about Joe’s big win. The Internal Market Bill is the elephant in the room of UK-EU negotiations - or is it now a donkey?Warnings ignored – so now the best Johnson can do is make things worse
Read the blog: A British watchdog barks. National Audit Office says the best case scenario for the UK-EU trade is 'significant disruption'. We all saw it coming, but our leaders ignored the warning signs.For once, the selfish option is the best option
Read the blog: Best for Britain’s latest polling shows the public is deeply unhappy with how the Brexit transition period has been handled by British politicians. Mark well those words from Steve Baker: Brexit is all on Boris now.Why it’s time to talk to the FBI, Prime Minister
New Best for Britain blog: FBI hostage negotiators have much to teach this Prime Minister about effective tactics, in Brussels and in Manchester.Failing Five: No deal impacts no one is talking about
Read the new blog on the five no deal impacts no one is talking about. We've all heard about queues at the border, but have you heard about the vet shortage? Leaving without a deal and without a plan will have wide-ranging impacts for us all.A message from the fields: Beware Johnson, the Pied Piper of farming
For many of us, farming is something that happens to other people. We have vague images of cows, and tractors and fields. How exactly this turns into food on our shelves is not something many people give a lot of thought to.UK trade deal with Australia 'must not legitimise animal mutilation'
Former Australian PM Tony Abbott has been accused of ‘ignoring animal mutilation’ following comments he made about a UK-Australia trade deal. He failed to mention key areas where standards diverge, including the controversial technique of ‘mulesing’, the deliberate slashing of lambs by farmers.Nothing reasonable about it: worst-case scenario for food poverty in the UK
Read the new blog on how a 'reasonable worst case' of food shortage isn't all that reasonable for the millions of Brits already struggling to put food on the table.Artic blast: Why Dover chaos could be like losing Britain’s biggest truck fleets
Read the new blog on truck chaos, and how a 70 second delay for each truck could mean a 6 day queue at Dover.A return to the Corn Laws in the 21st Century - lessons from the past on keeping food affordable.
Although the story of the Corn Laws is a complex one, it holds valuable lessons for the world we now find ourselves in – especially, of course, with regards to the risks of interfering with the price or availability of food.Grate expectations: Why Truss is right to champion cheese in trade talks
We need Liz Truss and her team to land a Japanese trade deal, one that covers cars and cheese just like the EU arrangement we’re walking away from.Our EU divorce: Checking in from across the Channel
While Parliament goes on recess for the Summer, Best for Britain's Flora Hutchings takes stock of where we are in terms of the progress being (or not being) made in terms of Britain’s divorce from Europe.Carbs, Cummings and the coming storm: What do you expect?
CEO Naomi Smith looks at the Government's major mismanagement of expectations. New blog from @BestforBritainTokyo Story: in Japan, adoption is a business decision, one that holds valuable trade lessons for the UK
Campaigns Officer Laura Savage looks at what an unusual Japanese tradition can tell the UK about international negotiation.You can’t kill half a cow: why getting an EU trade deal is a big deal
Our Head of Press, Ludo Sappa Cohen, looks at why landing a trade deal is not the end of a process, merely one step in a complex series of processes, albeit an extremely important step.Tim Tams, sheep slashing and a $1m Trump donation: Some things Johnson didn’t tell you in that Aussie trade deal speech
Scratch the surface of this Flim Flam Tim Tam stunt, and some genuine issues become immediately apparent; issues relevant far beyond the walls of chocolate biscuit factories, be they in Stockport or Sydney.Let's talk about the F-word
Best for Britain polled more than a thousand SME owners and asked them to express their feelings on Brexit and the coronavirus recession in 5 words. Which one came up the most? It wasn't fudge