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Richard North -
4 July 2026
Following on from yesterday’s piece on the Navy’s adoption of the CCV concept, it is instructive to note that the legacy media has largely abandoned any attempt to maintain a dialogue on the merits (and demerits) of the system. It seems to be leaving the discussion and analysis to specialist journals and, of course, social… View Article ...Read full story
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Richard North -
3 July 2026
Looking at the train-wreck proposals for the Army in the Defence Investment Plan (DIP), as I was doing yesterday, it is hard to credit that the MoD would have the capacity to make a similar mess for the other services. However, in respect of the Royal Navy, they seem to have excelled themselves, producing a… View Article ...Read full story
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Richard North -
2 July 2026
All too quickly, the defence “debate” – such that it is – has narrowed in the legacy media to become another soap opera episode, this one centred on Starmer dumping the cost of the DIP on The Replacement – who will have to find the money by making unpopular cuts elsewhere (or by increasing taxation)…. View Article ...Read full story
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Richard North -
1 July 2026
Well, the long-awaited Defence Investment Plan (DIP) has been published, bringing the defence “community” out of their holes to dissect it. Generally, I find this specialist commentariat a bit cliquish, over-fond of jargon, and not entirely lacking in pomposity and self-importance. And while they do occasionally provide some entertainment, their reviews and analyses of this… View Article ...Read full story
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Richard North -
30 June 2026
Call me old-fashioned but I prefer politicians, when making formal speeches, to wear suits, with shirt and tie. I don’t go for this casual “Zelensky” look and intensely dislike the crew-neck T-shirt. It is totally unbecoming for a senior politician. Sadly, though, with Burnham, that is probably the lowest order of my dislikes which, with… View Article ...Read full story
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