Ben Wallace

Asylum base row after Sunak steps in

10 August 2022 1:46 am

A curious row has exploded in the projectile-packed leadership race. This morning’s Yorkshire Post splashed on the news that Rishi…

Why farming needs Ben Wallace

23 July 2022 9:00 am

My phone buzzed and rang while I was doing the horses until I thought, fine, I’ll call the Defence Secretary…

‘Britain is not a superpower’: an interview with Ben Wallace

4 September 2021 9:00 am

The Defence Secretary on Afghanistan and the questions facing the West

The British state needs rewiring

16 May 2020 9:00 am

‘Covid-19 has been perhaps the biggest test of governments worldwide since the 1940s,’ declares the government’s command paper on the…

Penny Mordaunt: I’m fired. Job done

3 August 2019 9:00 am

I begin the week in Bamako, Mali, with a crackly telephone call to Commodore Dean Bassett, UK Maritime Component Commander…