Tim Oliver
BFP Must-Reads: 6.3-12.3 UK-France, Immigration, Migrant Boats, Brexit, Iraq War
Here are my ten British Foreign Policy Must-Reads from a week dominated by debates about immigration and small boats crossing the Channel...
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Tim Oliver
- Mar 5
- 3 min
BFP10 x 2 Must-Reads: 27.2-5.3 The Windsor Agreement
The Windsor Agreement reached between the UK and the EU over Northern Ireland dominated discussions this week about Britain's...
Tim Oliver
- Feb 27
- 2 min
BFP Must-Reads 20.2-26.2: Northern Ireland, Food Supply, Ukraine, Defence, Innovation, The City
Here are my ten British Foreign Policy Must-Reads from the week the world marked the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while...
Tim Oliver
- Feb 20
- 3 min
BFP10: 13.2-19.2 A more United Kingdom Foreign Policy?
Here are my British Foreign Policy 10 from the week when news that Nicola Sturgeon is standing down as leader of the SNP and Scotland's...
Tim Oliver
- Feb 13
- 3 min
BFP10: 06.02-12.02 Zelensky in Parliament
Here are my British Foreign Policy 10 from the week that saw President Volodymyr Zelensky’s address to the Houses of Parliament trigger...
Tim Oliver
- Feb 6
- 2 min
BFP10: 30.01-05.02 Looking back at Brexit
Here are my British Foreign Policy 10 from the week that saw Britain mark the third anniversary of its withdrawal from the EU, Rishi...
Tim Oliver
- Jan 29
- 3 min
BFP10: 23.01-29.01 Labour's Foreign Policy
Here are my British Foreign Policy 10 from a week when we took a step closer to seeing what a Labour Government's foreign policy will...
Tim Oliver
- Jan 23
- 2 min
BFP10: 16-22 Jan. Buckle Up.
Here are my British Foreign Policy 10 from a week in UK politics that stank of corruption and rule breaking: 10 of the best reports,...
Tim Oliver
- Jan 15
- 5 min
BFP10: 19.12.2022-15.01.2023 New Year, New Foreign Policy?
Apologies for the prolonged absence over Christmas and New Year. Below is a longer list than the usual weekly list of 10 reports,...
Tim Oliver
- Dec 19, 2022
- 2 min
BFP10: 12.12-18.12 Snowball Diplomacy
Here are my British Foreign Policy 10 from a week when heavy snow didn’t stop a slew of speeches and reports on UK foreign policy: 10 of...
Tim Oliver
- Dec 11, 2022
- 2 min
BFP10: 4.12-11.12: More Brexit Cases
Below are my British Foreign Policy 10 from a week filled mainly with news about Harrys (the Meghan and England versions) and yet more...
Tim Oliver
- Dec 4, 2022
- 3 min
BFP10: 29.11-3.12 ‘Robust Pragmatism’
Speaking this week to the Lord mayor’s Banquet, a speech in which prime ministers traditionally focus on foreign affairs (the city...
Tim Oliver
- Nov 28, 2022
- 3 min
BFP10: 21.11-28.11 Talking to EU
This week some of the narratives that have defined Britain’s post-Brexit international relations came briefly into touch with painful...
Tim Oliver
- Nov 21, 2022
- 3 min
BFP10: 14.11-20.11 This is going to hurt
It was a week of global summits, stray missiles that could have started global war, and in Britain a budget that will make Britons worlds...
Tim Oliver
- Nov 18, 2022
- 1 min
Global England - Global Britain?
Contested English views of nation and sovereignty shaped Brexit and took the UK out of the EU. Could similarly contested views of...
Tim Oliver
- Nov 14, 2022
- 3 min
BFP10: 7.11-13.11 That’s not my Brexit
British politics is still operating in the shadow of the mini-budget of 23 September and the uncertainty of the forthcoming 17 November...
Tim Oliver
- Nov 6, 2022
- 3 min
BFP10: 31.10~6.11 A normal week for UK government?
After the chaos of the past few weeks the most remarkable thing about the past week was how relatively calm it was. As one Tory MP told...
Tim Oliver
- Oct 30, 2022
- 4 min
BFP10: 24.10~30.10 It's the economy, stupid.
Another week, another new prime minister. Rishi Sunak's climb to the top of British politics and government has been rapid. He only...
Tim Oliver
- Oct 23, 2022
- 3 min
BFP10: 17.10~23.10 The lettuce won
As many expected, the Daily Star’s lettuce outlasted Liz Truss as PM. At least British humour is on top form right now. The same cannot...
Tim Oliver
- Oct 16, 2022
- 3 min
BFP10: 10.10~16.10 'Dear, oh dear.'
Last week I wrote of the relative peace that seemed to have emerged after a hectic period in British politics. Of course, the instability...
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