America’s result is having knock-on effects in Downing Street: see yesterday’s green speech and today’s defence news.
The future was that we would be colour-blind. Instead, wokeism tells us we should see each other as members of different races.
Let’s have a no-holds-barred strategic review which asks how we can best defend our interests given the vertiginous acceleration of military technology.
One MP said this is more than enough for Islamists here, not nearly sufficient for Estonia and “for the Middle East, you’d want something in between”.
From fishing to illegal immigration, Britain must make preparations to give its claim of “walking away” some weight.
This year’s Security, Defence and Foreign Policy review provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce Britain’s place as a leader in this field.
The Defence Secretary confirmed that he has scrapped the zero-tolerance approach to drug-taking in the armed forces, and commanding officers now have discretion.
As well as a response to the immediate crisis, we need to start planning ahead properly and routinely.
He wants to know why the Government did not take more steps to safeguard British shipping, including an apparent offer of US support.
The defence minister talks to Sophy Ridge about the mounting confrontation with Iran in the Strait of Hormuz.
Britannia ruled the waves because of our sailors and the ships they served in, built in Britain by a skilled workforce. This is how we build the Royal Navy.
We are providing funding to help service leavers to go to university, and scholarships for the children of those killed on duty.
We want to generate income, to help pay for local services – and drive economic growth, to create jobs and homes where people want them.
Is the Treasury up for funding and voters up for supporting the ideas he sketched out ealier this week?
His instinct to bring together various reserves to create a ‘Second Line’ was crucial in the First World War; leaders today should take inspiration.