Judicial review is clearly more intrusive than it was. But it is the checks and balances which protect us in a liberal democracy.
The country’s Prime Minister is a classic cakeist – berating the EU on the one hand, but not seeking to leave on the other.
Putin’s Russia is closer to home – remember the Salisbury attack – and Islamist extremism is already here.
The conflict in Afghanistan isn’t just about ideas, and can’t be insulated from its geographic environment.
Sensing blood, the vultures are circling: ISIS is active already, and not only in the remoter parts of country.
We urgently need an inquiry to understand our strategic failures in the country, and what went wrong.
The legislation introduced by the Town and Country Planning Act 1947 is still remarkably unchanged to this day.
Some are having fun with Alan Duncan’s diary revelation that Tobias wants Svetland to become a UK spaceport. They shouldn’t.
Arrested by the KGB for bringing in leaflets supporting multilateral disarmament, I was “banned for life” from returning.
It’s striking that the countries that did best during Covid are those, like Taiwan and South Korea, which live under threat of annihilation by their neighbours.
The Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy gives us the chance to act coherently and effectively.
Tensions have been building for the best part of a year, serious skirmishes broke out in June – and America is nowhere to be seen.
From working with Lithuania to enable gas pipelines, to relaxing visas for Belarusians, there’s much we can do to put pressure on Lukashenko’s regime.
The opposition has already demonstrated their courage and fortitude. By all indications, for Europe’s last dictatorship, change is finally coming.
The consequences for the international order have been debated for decades, but, in contrast, little attention has been paid to this area.