Preventing unseaworthy ships from passing through the Baltic with polluting cargo does not prevent Russia from navigating them. It just requires them to use acceptably safe ships to do so. But there’s a reason they have a shadow fleet that aren’t safe.
I am convinced that, while General Kellogg and President Stubb of Finland still have President Trump’s ear, Ukraine still has real hope.
There’s scope for a number of measures to making deportations work and reducing illegal migration, some involve addressing legal obstacles like articles in the ECHR, some policy measures and withholding things in our gift in exchange for compliance.
The government wishes to take a “whole of society approach” to the defence of the realm. A laudable ambition. But will the whole of society support it?
We must ask ourselves: are we too afraid to be unpopular? Have we confused boundary-setting with damaging relationships? If so, we’re failing the very young people we’re meant to protect. Saying no is not rejection—it’s care. It provides safety, structure, and a sense of value.
Banning an evidently popular politician risks a backlash, but failing to do so risks the government being taken over by someone under the influence of a hostile foreign power.
We must also gently remind Washington that the only time NATO’s Article 5 has ever been invoked was by the United States back in 2001, in response to the 9/11 attacks.
On its north-western border, Finland and the Baltic states have more cohesive societies than Georgia and Moldova — but their position on the Baltic sea makes them vulnerable to sabotage.
Why is it that the party believes British children should be taxed whilst foreign students at British universities are exempt?
The UK’s current #BeKind mindset must change if as a society we are ever to reach the level of military readiness aspired to by our NATO partners.
Four, deep-rooted currents in are carving out space for movements which seek to prioritise the interests, the culture, the values, and the ways of life of the majority group against what they see as self-interested, corrupt, narcissistic, and incompetent elites.
We need to look at improving efficiency, and new ways of doing things. Many who work in the NHS are frustrated with the waste of both time and money, resulting from inefficient practices and poor management.
I declare an interest: I am one of the few MPs with a degree in mathematics. And I have never felt like a data-entering robot…
Delivering the right vehicle cannot be premised on the idea that non-EU states are merely satellites of Brussels.
The risk for Britain is not just falling further in the global rankings, but settling into a new normal of diminished economic ambition and reduced prosperity for its people, something that seemed unthinkable just a generation ago.