The Taliban is always looking for chinks in our armour
The deaths of six British soldiers in Afghanistan after their Warrior armoured personnel carrier was blown up by a carefully placed mine shows just how resourceful the Taliban can be when it comes to...
View ArticleWhat's the point in talking to the Taliban, David Miliband? We have nothing...
I missed David Miliband’s dramatic Today programme interview this morning, where he slipped off his chair and hit his head. From the sounds of it he must have caught quite a nasty whack too. Severe...
View ArticleBale Baleiwai: 13 years in the British Army and given three weeks to leave...
Lance Corporal Bale Baleiwai has spent his whole adult life in the British Army. He has a glowing service record, a row of medals and a starring role in Army recruitment advertising. His reward is a...
View ArticleCaptain Harry Wales should expect a severe dressing down from his commanding...
Am I the only person who thinks Prince Harry has utterly disgraced himself in Las Vegas? The answer to that is, I suspect, no. Captain Wales, as he is known in the Army Air Corps, is likely to get a...
View ArticleDiscrimination against the Territorial Army needs to stop
With the Government planning to make the TA play a far more central role in future military operations, it is clear that a lot more thought is needed regarding our attitudes to the TA. By 2020,...
View ArticleArmistice Day: why two-minute silences should only be once a year
This Sunday's two-minute silence for Armistice Day will no doubt be a solemn, dignified occasion as ever. It will, not, however, be a particularly exclusive one. In recent years, silences have been...
View ArticleDavid Cameron and defence spending. When is a promise not a promise?
Is defence spending going to rise or fall in the financial year 2015/16? Dear reader, I truly wish I could give you a clear and simple answer. Yesterday, I set out the Whitehall row about future...
View ArticleNeeded: a chairman for the defence committee. Free-thinkers and rebels only...
A secret ballot looms. MPs are being canvassed for the coming contest. Quiet words are being exchanged along the corridors. I refer not to some idiotic idea of a Tory leadership contest (note to bored...
View ArticleThe Combined Cadet Force won't win any wars, but it remains a rite of passage
From the Sunday Telegraph. I hope government funding plans don’t harm the Combined Cadet Force in schools, as some fear. “Corps” was what you did on Thursday afternoons at my boarding school. Between...
View ArticleTwelve pairs of British boots on the ground against Isil are better than none
It is good to see the Government has finally got over its hang up about having British boots on the ground in Iraq to help with the campaign against Isil. As I have been saying for weeks now, the...
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