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Fighter jets can’t train, bases can’t expand—Brussels red tape is leaving NATO forces unarmed in the name of newts and nesting birds. Warfare Cannot Be Environmentally Friendly Fighter jets can’t train, bases can’t expand—Brussels red tape is leaving NATO forces unarmed in the name of newts and nesting birds.  Just as European states battle toContinue reading “War vs. the Woke: EU Green Laws Ground Europe’s Fightback Against Putin”

By Lt Col Stuart Crawford, Former Army Officer – The latest defence review looks tough on paper. In reality, it’s all spin and no steel. Photo by Peter Pryharski on Unsplash Britain’s Armed Forces are being hollowed out. The Army is shrinking. The Navy is short of sailors. The RAF can’t train enough pilots. AcrossContinue reading “We’ve Got Jets and Ships — But No One to Fly or Sail Them”

The Chagos deal isn’t diplomacy—it’s the start of a dangerous precedent – By Colonel Stuart Crawford (Ret’d) While most of Westminster was preoccupied with reshuffles and polling jitters, something far more consequential happened this week, quietly signed off by the Foreign Office and applauded in distant UN corridors: Britain agreed, in principle, to hand overContinue reading “Britain Is Sleepwalking Into Strategic Surrender”

      The Sunday Times reported last weekend that the Labour government’s Strategic Defence Review (SDR), expected to be published in the next few weeks, will carry a recommendation for the establishment of a new Home Guard to guard critical infrastructure in the UK. Cue much merriment in the media and references to ‘Dad’sContinue reading “Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr Hitler?”