Take Nobody's Word For It T-Shirt, Nullius in Verba

Nullius in verba is the motto of the Royal Society, Britain's national academy of science, and it means "take nobody's word for it". The founders picked it in the 1660s, soon after the Society began, because they were fed up with people believing things simply because someone important had said so. Their answer was to check the evidence and test it, then test it again. It is the founding principle of modern science, and it works just as well on a dodgy leaflet or a post your uncle shared at 5am. Wear it to the pub, to the school gates or to any family gathering where a man named Nigel is about to explain economics. You are not being difficult. You are carrying on a very British tradition that is over 350 years old.

Size guide

Size	Length (cm)	Width (cm)	Length (in)	Width (in)
XS	69	42	27	16½
S	71	46	28	18
M	74	51	29	20
L	76	56	30	22
XL	79	61	31	24
2XL	81	66	32	26
3XL	84	71	33	28

Measurements are of the garment laid flat, not of the body. Length runs from the highest point of the shoulder to the hem, and width straight across the chest one inch below the armhole. Regular unisex fit, true to size. If you are between sizes, or you want it looser, size up.

See the full sizing chart

Delivery and returns

Free to the UK and the EU, with no minimum spend. £3.95 to the rest of Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand, and £8.95 to the rest of the world. We ship to more than 40 countries.

Everything is made to order, so most orders arrive within 3 to 7 business days. You get a tracking link the moment it ships.

You have 30 days from the day it arrives to send it back, unworn and in its packaging. Email hello@verybrexitproblems.com and we will send you the instructions. If you have simply changed your mind the return postage is yours. If it arrives damaged or it is not what you ordered, send us a photo and we will replace it or refund it at our cost, postage included.

Care and materials

Machine wash cold and inside out, then tumble dry low or hang it up. Do that and the design will outlast the government that inspired it.

Combed and ring-spun cotton, pre-shrunk and side-seamed, with shoulder-to-shoulder taping so it holds its shape. Every shirt is made to order in small numbers rather than mass produced and left in a warehouse.

About Very Brexit Problems

VBP started in 2016, on the day the country voted to make itself poorer and called it sovereignty. What began as a way of coping turned into a community of hundreds of thousands of people who never stopped believing Britain belongs in Europe.

Every design starts the same way. Something absurd happens, somebody has to say so, and a shirt says it for a good deal longer than a tweet does. Mocking the con since 2016.