Unless we know our role in the world, we cannot have a strategy. And without a strategy, we cannot suitably design our armed forces.
Put harshly, it can be the ideology of the free-rider, the citizen who neglects the demands of citizenship.
It theoretically commits the DUP to support the Government for the whole Parliament, but it’s up for review in two years and that’s when the money runs out.
The President seems determined to force other NATO members to pay their way, diplomatic niceties be damned.
The idea that Brexit is a threat to defence co-operation is a myth.
Plus: A diplomatic success for Trump. A Love Actually moment, please, from May. And: has anyone seen Diane Abbott?
“I will make clear to President Trump that intelligence that is shared between our law enforcement agencies must remain secure.”
Over the last year, I’ve set out a number of policy ideas designed to appeal to lower middle class voters. Here are some of them.
The next few years abroad will be as absorbing as any in recent years, and will demand more of the new Tory intake’s attention than might be considered usual.
Overall, grassroots priorities cut across the stereotype of Tory supporters and suggests that Mayite conservatism has a strong appeal to activists.
Many have already described why he is unfit for the job. Indeed, many have tried to remove him. Their support now is a joke, a delusion, a denial of reality.
Is it interested in reforming to tackle its long-term problem? Will it let deals be held to ransom by Spain and Wallonia? Will it finally start taking security seriously? The next few years will tell us.
We may be rowing back to defend one promise. But another more fundamental promise to the future is actually at stake.
They have the capacity to make a larger contribution to Europe’s defence. They should do so.
Since the UK has become a full member of Junker’s military plans, this plunges into doubt whether Brexit does indeed mean Brexit.