Don’t forget Bomber Command
There were many tributes when John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, the last surviving fighter pilot of the Battle of Britain, died in…
Of course Britain’s military chiefs should be meeting with China
It’s quite something when the Chinese Ministry of Defence is more transparent than its British equivalent. Despite the Prime Minister…
Europe cannot be surprised by Trump’s approach to Ukraine
There’s something about Donald Trump that sends Europeans mad. The President and Vladimir Putin agreed last week to commence talks…
Why Paddy Mayne shouldn’t get a Victoria Cross
The quietly spoken, thoughtful, brilliant Robert Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne, four times winner of the Distinguished Service Order and co-founder of…
How to evacuate a country
As fighting continues between Israel and Hezbollah, planning for a potential evacuation of British nationals from Lebanon has seen troops,…
Don’t let Ukraine’s culture be erased
Ukraine’s cultural autonomy is again under assault by Russia. Vladimir Putin appears to believe that ‘Ukraine and Ukrainian culture independent…
Nato has fudged support for Ukraine, again
On his flight back to London from Washington DC, Keir Starmer will have been satisfied with the outcomes of his…
What war graves teach us about peace
Hugh Jones was 29 when he was killed in action. On Wednesday, the eve of the 80th anniversary of D-Day,…
Britain’s diplomacy with Russia needs a rethink
A week after the UK expelled the Russian defence attaché, Colonel Maxim Yelovik, for being ‘an undeclared intelligence officer’, Russia…
Is Havana Syndrome real?
Aficionados of zombie films will know that some ghouls just won’t stay dead. In 2013, the economist Paul Krugman came…
Who is General Gwyn Jenkins, the UK’s national security adviser ?
The Prime Minister’s announcement this week of an increase in UK defence spending from 2 per cent to 2.5 per cent of GDP by…
Britain doesn’t need an Iron Dome
Air defence was in the news this week, after Israel, with the help of allies including the UK, shot down…
Russia will not attack Nato
There is a lot of war fever about. In January, Grant Shapps, Britain’s tiggerish defence secretary, said the UK was…
