World views from the author of First with the News, a memoir of life on the front line
Tuesday, 3 June 2025
Britain's strategic defence review is a hollow plan without the right cash
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The Labour government's ambitious strategic defence review publishd yesterday was full of bold talk and fancy phrases that when analysed...
Monday, 2 June 2025
Ukraine's attack on Russian bombers is a massive turning-point in the war
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Carried outwith precision and daring, Ukraine's security forces have damaged or destroyed dozens of Russia's strategic bombers insi...
Sunday, 1 June 2025
What does Pete Hegseth mean by "imminent"?
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Talking to a bunch of top people in the foreign and security policy business in Singapore, Pete Hegseth, the Trumpite US defence secretary, ...
Saturday, 31 May 2025
Joe Biden has no regrets
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Poor old Joe, as Donald Trump calls him, he does seem to be a bit in cloud cuckoo land at the moment. In an interview, Biden says he has no ...
Friday, 30 May 2025
How has Hamas survived this long?
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Since the October 7, 2023 atrocity when Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis and captured 250, the terror organisation has suffered a huge death toll...
Thursday, 29 May 2025
Putin's summer offensive in Ukraine has begun
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While Donald Trump seeths with frustration over Putin's failure to agree a ceasefire in Ukraine, and Europe ponders whether it will be ...
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
Nobody knows what to do with Ukraine
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Attempts to end the war in Ukraine have failed beyond hope. So now what? Nobody really knows what to do and how to bring this appalling conf...
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