Spot the Mistooks
The MoD has issued a glossy brochure that yet again, tries to hammer home the point that we are globally engaged, spend gazillions on defence and meet NATO 2% GDP…
The More Things Change
It is always interesting to compare and contrast the 'language of defence' used today and in time past. This is from June 1981 and the then Conservative Secretary of…
Credibility in Defence
The MoD has recently described the SDSR process, how it has been inclusive and much more disciplined than the last fairly shoddy affair in 2010. Apart from the hiccup with…
Corbyn on Defence and Security
It's official, Jeremy Corbyn MP is now Her Majesty’s Most Loyal Opposition and leader of the Labour Party. If it is political commentary you are interested, Twitter, Facebook and the…
Ed Miliband and a Wrist Band
I don't often write posts like this but there is a media storm brewing about Ed Miliband and a Help for Heroes wrist band and am in the mood for a…
By the number of retweets they shall be known
We got into a lively discussion last night about David Cameron on the Andrew Marr show supporting the #BringBackOurGirls Twitter campaign. https://twitter.com/David_Cameron/status/465423756635418624 Criticism of the campaign has centred on the…
Perceptions and Risk
Can anyone tell me why almost every armed forces related television drama portrays serving or former members as a PTSD victim or violent drunk, unable to cope with the mental…
Vernon Coaker MP – Speech to RUSI
This is a transcript of the speech delivered by the Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, Vernon Coaker, at RUSI earlier today. I am honoured to speak to such a…