November 6, 2024

Why wait on the Defence Review before sorting the biggest problem?

PREVIOUSLY I HAVE described some of the problems faced by the Royal Navy, the Army, and the Royal Air Force. The operative word is “some” ...

November 4, 2024

“Come fly with me” should be the RAF’s top gun theme

THE ROYAL AIR FORCE operates some of the most sophisticated combat aircraft in the world. The F35 is the current gold standard and the ...

October 31, 2024

Does Mr Healey have the guts to change the Army?

IN THE LATE Cold War the British Army of the Rhine had about 60,000 personnel. That delivered a NATO army group headquarters and the 1st ...

October 31, 2024

Rod Stewart was right: Every picture tells a story…

SYMBOLISM MATTERS. Rachael Reeves choosing to ditch a picture of Nigel Lawson for Ellen Wilkinson, one of the founding members of the ...

October 28, 2024

Our proud Royal Navy needs thrown a lifebelt

THE ROYAL NAVY has existed as a permanent force since the time of Henry VIII. Some trace its history back to Alfred the Great. Regardless, ...

October 24, 2024

Why the defence review faces unpalatable choices

OUTSIDE of the media frenzy of the government’s public spending plans and ministers’ delight in freebies, the Secretary of State for ...

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