How Alan Johnson nearly became PM – Media roundup: April 29th, 2013
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Defence
Labour announces campaign for “National Memorial” to commemorate Afghan war
The party have today called on the Government to “lead a national effort” to build a National War…
North Korea is a timely reminder that the world is still dangerous
It is a measure of the sometimes spectacular insularity of British politics that the world can be at…
How new is Jim Murphy’s approach to military intervention?
Even prior to delivery, Jim Murphy’s speech on why the UK needs a new model of preventative intervention,…
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.…
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…
