Politics: no way to run a government
April 24, 2024 2:42 am Post a CommentOstensibly, this is a post about defence but, actually, it isn’t. This is politics at its worst – the news... View Article
Ostensibly, this is a post about defence but, actually, it isn’t. This is politics at its worst – the news... View Article
Provisionally, for the Labour Party, Friday was supposed to be dedicated to defence, when Starmer was to set out his... View Article
You would have thought that, after 20 years of almost daily writing on political issues, the experience would render the... View Article
My comments on the media, made in my Thursday piece stand. As I society, I ventured, we simply cannot afford... View Article
When we were actually at war, during the Iraqi and Afghan insurgencies, writing about defence was relatively straightforward. We knew... View Article
Sunday is an odd time to release a key report, but that’s what the Commons Defence Committee has done with... View Article
Front page of the Sunday Telegraph (print edition) carries the lead story headed “UK warships lack missiles to take out... View Article
Reports of ammunition shortages in Ukraine are part of an increasingly pessimistic picture coming from the region. This has pundits speculating... View Article
The focus on the UK demonstrations has, to a certain extent, distracted attention from what is happening in the ground... View Article
Despite Gaza continuing to dominate the headlines, at home and abroad, it is increasingly difficult to follow exactly what is... View Article
It’s almost a question of watch and wait, with the media publishing filler pieces for lack of hard news, while... View Article
Another day, another war, or so it seems, this one precipitated by the terrorist group Hamas after an armed incursion... View Article
For once, Pravda and the Washington Post seem to be in agreement on Ukraine: the counter-offensive is a bust. Pravda... View Article
To the frustration of many, much of the fighting in the ongoing Ukrainian counter-offensive has been hidden from the view... View Article
In defence news, the MoD recently took the decision to delay purchasing 14 Chinooks to save costs. The order, originally... View Article
The trouble with that arse Johnson and his histrionics is that he burns up media bandwidth, distracting attention from important... View Article