By Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee and Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Crawford The government’s Defence Industrial Strategy, published earlier this month, promises to make defence an engine for growth. But it doesn’t address the real issues. Britain’s armed forces are perilously weak. The Royal Navy has only a handful of frigates and destroyers, with submarines oftenContinue reading “Britain Needs to Rearm Quickly”
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UK Espionage Case Against Alleged Chinese Spies Collapses
Two men accused of spying for China in Britain, including a former parliamentary researcher, will no longer face prosecution after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) dropped the case on evidential grounds. Christopher Cash, 30, once a parliamentary researcher with access to senior Conservative MPs on foreign affairs and defence, and Christopher Berry, 33,Continue reading “UK Espionage Case Against Alleged Chinese Spies Collapses”
£1 billion of military support for Ukraine paid for using immobilised Russian assets as Defence Secretary visits Kyiv
Loan to Ukraine has enabled UK to deliver hundreds of thousands of rounds of artillery ammunition, hundreds of air defence missiles, and other essential equipment. Money raised from immobilised Russian assets has paid for more than £1 billion of weapons and military support, purchased by the UK on behalf of Ukraine, the Defence Secretary,Continue reading “£1 billion of military support for Ukraine paid for using immobilised Russian assets as Defence Secretary visits Kyiv”
Putin just invited catastrophe – question now is: will West make same mistake?
Drones downed on NATO soil is nothing other than a bleak test for the alliance. History has a nasty habit of repeating itself. In September 1939, Hitler invaded Poland, and the world became embroiled in the bloodiest conflict mankind has ever known. Eighty-six years later, it looks like another tyrant might have PolandContinue reading “Putin just invited catastrophe – question now is: will West make same mistake?”
British training of Ukrainian troops extended through 2026 as UK marks Ukrainian Independence Day
Extension supports UK’s objective of supporting Ukraine to defend itself from Russian attack, while developing its Armed Forces to deter Putin in future From: Ministry of Defence and The Rt Hon John Healey MP Ukrainian soldiers will receive a further boost from the British military’s expert training, as the Government announces the extension of the UK’sContinue reading “British training of Ukrainian troops extended through 2026 as UK marks Ukrainian Independence Day”