The warfare state can rescue Britain
Tomorrow’s Spring Statement should recognise a simple truth: economic and national security are now inextricable.
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The SNP has entered a new, more serious era
John Swinney is stepping up support for the defence industry and backing Keir Starmer’s diplomacy.
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European leaders still aren’t facing reality on Ukraine
No matter how they spin it, there is no practical alternative to American military power.
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Keir Starmer finally has a vision for Britain
Energised by international events, the Prime Minister has defined his ideas for the state.
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Europe is not doomed yet
It still has many cards it can play against Russia.
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Can Starmer make Labour the security party?
The Prime Minister has found the definition he lacked but tensions over spending cuts remain.
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The SNP’s defence headache
As the West rearms against the Russian threat, Scotland’s government risks appearing detached from reality.
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Labour’s “old right” has been reborn
Keir Starmer’s new direction on defence and immigration echoes his party’s past.
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Paying the costs of war
Keir Starmer’s defence spending increase is a very expensive lesson in failing to plan ahead.
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PMQs review: Badenoch pushes the Tories further into irrelevance
Even Conservative backbenchers guffawed at yet another takedown by Starmer.
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How will Britain pay for higher military spending?
The defence budget is already a procurement disaster.
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Keir Starmer in Trumpworld
The fate of the special relationship in a new global order.
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Starmer’s defence spending increase could define his premiership
There is an opportunity for the UK in this turbulent international order.
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How will Britain defend itself?
Government needs to be totally rethought if the UK is to fill the “gaping holes” in its military preparedness.
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Letter of the week: Bring in the big guns
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Defenceless Britain
Keir Starmer must rebuild the UK’s enfeebled armed forces – but he faces an almighty row first.
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Team Trump’s real feelings about Starmer’s Labour
From lagging defence spending to choosing Peter Mandelson as ambassador, the UK government is out of step with Maga.
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Labour’s quandary over defence spending
Keir Starmer joins the Nato summit in DC under pressure from his own budget restraints and the prospect of a…
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How will Rishi Sunak fund higher defence spending?
The Prime Minister has further shrunk the gap between the Conservatives and Labour.
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Ukraine is Europe’s problem now
Germany expects a long war of attrition in Ukraine. That is a war Putin is likely to win.
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