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Richard North -
7 July 2026
Contrary to received wisdom, the legacy media taking a tilt at Farage is not necessarily “what scrutiny looks like when you are a candidate for prime minister”, as Chris Mason, political editor for the BBC would have us believe. After all, if proximity to that office was the trigger for intense scrutiny, then it would… View Article ...Read full story
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Richard North -
6 July 2026
For an illustration of just how complicated defence technology and operations have become, and a demonstration of the superficiality of the reporting, one needs to go no further that the report by defence editor Tom Cotterill in today’s Telegraph. It is headed: “Armed Forces reveal new unit to speed up drone rollout” and tells us… View Article ...Read full story
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Richard North -
5 July 2026
Once you start drilling down into the technology of defence equipment, the structure and organisation of fighting units, and the details of the support infrastructure, it all starts getting rather complicated. You can see, therefore, why the media would want to stick to their comfort zone of the political soap operas and report defence issues… View Article ...Read full story
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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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