Britain is approaching the boiling point
June 13, 2022 11:54 am Post a CommentTo our surprise, the courts did not block Priti Patel’s plan to remove illegal immigrants. But as it now stands,... View Article
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Ukraine: the cupboard is bare
June 13, 2022 2:13 am Post a CommentIn a statement which, even by its standards, is bleedin’ obvious, we have had the MoD solemnly declare that “Russia... View Article
Ukraine: the value of information
June 12, 2022 2:01 am Post a CommentMore than 24 hours after media in the UK and United States had covered the “out of ammunition” story, it... View Article
Ukraine: pass the ammunition
June 11, 2022 2:25 am Post a CommentFor reasons unspecified, the Guardian has temporarily become the official propaganda organ for the Ukrainian armed forces, publishing an “exclusive... View Article
Ukraine: creaking morale
June 10, 2022 2:52 am Post a CommentPerversely, once a particular battleground becomes “popular” with the media, and multiple sources pitch in to report developments, it gets... View Article
Defence: “Obsolescent and outgunned”
June 9, 2022 3:29 am Post a CommentIt was The Times yesterday which suggested that the UK is to give the Ukrainians the dismal number of three... View Article
Ukraine: definitely losing
June 8, 2022 12:30 am Post a CommentAnd so, back to the other war. News of the moment is that Poland has sealed its largest weapons deal... View Article
Politics: survival of the unfittest
June 7, 2022 1:30 am Post a CommentWithin hours of writing in yesterday’s post that “all eyes are on the Conservative Party, in the expectation of news... View Article
VONC: Who honestly cares?
June 6, 2022 4:57 pm Post a CommentSo we’re back to that tedious question of who should lead the Conservative Party. The real question, though, is what... View Article
Ukraine: bring on the horses
June 6, 2022 2:41 am Post a CommentIn an analysis of 100 days of war, Nathan Hodge of CNN tells us that Russia’s main direction of effort... View Article
Let them eat Jubilee cake
June 5, 2022 2:51 am Post a CommentI’m joining in with the Jubilee festivities this weekend. Most of the village participated yesterday and a good time was... View Article
Ukraine: a strategic error
June 5, 2022 2:46 am Post a CommentIt’s not been a good day for the MoD with its gloomy prediction that the Russians are likely to complete... View Article
Defence: the MoD at large
June 4, 2022 2:22 am Post a CommentOnce doesn’t want to be too cynical on such an auspicious occasion as the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, but the triumphalism... View Article
Bigger problems than Brexit
June 3, 2022 4:08 am Post a CommentI often regret writing anything about Brexit because it seems that most participants in the debate are crashing bores with... View Article
Energy: a global crisis
June 3, 2022 1:39 am Post a CommentWell before the war in Ukraine started, we were building up to an energy crisis, and in November last year,... View Article
Brexit: Ellwood’s sloppy thinking
June 2, 2022 2:12 pm Post a CommentA senior Conservative backbencher has suggested Britain should rejoin the single market to ease the cost of living crisis. Tobias Ellwood, the chairman... View Article
