
Garvan Walshe: The Integrated Review’s tilt to Asia could leave us vulnerable closer to home – and Putin
The impulse of Brexit is to prove Britain’s openness by striking out, but this tilt increases our security dependence on Europe.
The impulse of Brexit is to prove Britain’s openness by striking out, but this tilt increases our security dependence on Europe.
Imposing collective guilt on a group is fundamentally unconservative. I hope never to see our Party dabble with it.
Whatever one thinks of the percentage, putting it on the statute book was a bad idea – as legal dispute about the proposed cut shows.
What it puts forward is an argument that prosperity at home is more than ever the result of how Britain deals with the world.
We cannot have a system where the rules are differently enforced depending on whether the public share the opinions of the people infracting them.
A broadly defined ban could make it an offence to offer therapy to people with questions about their gender identity.
The explanation for vaccine caution among our neighbours may have as much to so with sociology as politics.
I believe so – but nonetheless, the balance of risks, driven by economic and political trends, has definitely shifted.
Those MPs voting for the Bill today must make clear their intent to improve it later stages – and protect our civil liberties.
That there may be as many as three investigations into Saturday’s events on Clapham Common tells us much we need to know.
And if that projection is to be effective, we will need to invest in our operating bases – and not just at traditional sites.
The Treasury risks being accused of constraining personal choice – and penalising those who want to switch to an environmentally friendly product.
The Integrated Review of security, defence, development and foreign policy is upon us. But will the capabilities follow the challenges, or vice-versa?
Reports that the former brought pressure to bear on ITV are alarming. Can we look forward to a new series – Britain’s Got Feudalism?
Liam Fox has confirmed this week that they are part of the Home Civil Service, and thus answerable to the House of Commons and its Ministers.