What’s going on at the MoD?
On Tuesday evening last week David Cameron said he wanted to ring-fence the entire defence budget from 2015.…
Defence
Co-ordinating defence and development is essential for conflict prevention
The most effective defence policy is not always a new piece of military hardware – it can be…
Return of the omnishambles – this time over defence cuts
The government’s competence on Defence was already questionable (considering they don’t know basic details about countries we’re sending…
Trident isn’t a simplistic ‘for or against’ debate
Nuclear weapons are a divisive issue. In fact, in the current debate over whether or not the UK…
SNP’s NATO stance raises questions and concerns
Today the SNP debate whether to drop their historic opposition to NATO membership. They want credit for this,…
UKIP MEP calls for MOD to be scrapped
The Tories are increasingly worried about losing votes to UKIP, but I wonder how many people know about…
Trident is draining money away from other areas of government expenditure
In an article on LabourList, the Shadow Defence Minister Kevan Jones has adopted the mantra of ‘too far…
A day to remember, celebrate and give back
Today most people are looking back at the remarkable celebrations of the Jubilee weekend. It’s right that we…
The Government’s credibility deficit on Defence spending
With a humiliating u-turn on the aircraft carrier programme completed, Philip Hammond took the brave step of claiming…
