Even if you don't want to see the value of showing the flag in Asia, you aren't getting any gain out of "cutting" the "Indo-Pacific" tilt. What are you even gonna cut? the single light role battalion in Brunei, which has been there for decades at the request of Brunei itself?

thetimes.com/article/b214b3… Neil Basu is an outstanding Cop. I worked with him as Security Minister. He should have been head of NCA or Met Police. The Country needs him in a real leadership role ( not the Yvette Cooper “border” spin policy job.”)

Russia can’t hide from the consequences of its illegal invasion. It all catches up in the end. Wait till Putin has to conscript the children of the middle class in St Petersburg and Moscow…. instagram.com/p/C9iH-mBzHwl/…

The day SDR 1998 well and truly died. Massacre included halving in one go the Army SHORAD, the whole Jaguar force of the RAF, 3 SSNs, 7 tank squadrons, 1 AS9O regiment etc. and it would get worse since FRES went nowhere so the 3 modern mechanised brigades promised never happened.

Within weeks Labour is jeopardising tens of thousands of jobs in the UK ! The Times view on the Tempest fighter jet: Storm Warning. thetimes.com/article/b1b39d…

It wont be long now before Putin’s press gangs turn their attention towards the middle class teenagers of St Petersburg and Moscow..the failed war needs new Russian recruits…..

The problem with 'the mini-Budget crashed the economy' narrative is that the economy didn't crash. We've always known this -- but today's revised growth figures provide reinforcement. spectator.co.uk/article/the-pr…

The national debt rose during the pandemic because of all the steps government taken to protect incomes, such as the furlough scheme. Labour urged it to do more for longer. It also rose because of the cap on electricity bills after the invasion of Ukraine. Labour urged it to do

Fighters of the 82nd Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces shared the details of the first hours of the Kursk operation. Incredibly, they covered a huge distance in such a short time on the Russian territory, shocking the Russians. After overcoming mine and

Our support for Ukraine must be heard around the world. On Ukrainian Independence Day, 24 August, #MakeNoiseForUkraine to show your support. Join our campaign: gov.uk/government/new… #SlavaUkraini

Today, for the first time, Ukraine successfully used a new Ukrainian-made rocket-drone named "Palyanytsia", says President Zelensky. In future, the Russians won’t be able to say what hit them.

Yeah, and Royal Navy was to have 32 escort ships and 12 SSNs (a slight reduction from the 35 Labour came into office to). But SDR98 is only ever "good" if you read it as a novel. It was never funded, never realized. By the end of the Labour era the escorts were 23, for example.

UK-supplied Challenger 2 MBTs in Ukrainian service, rolling through Russia’s Kursk Oblast.

dishonesty from this new Government. I directed over a year ago that we would not renew the contract when it came up for renewal in Dec. Starmer trying to claim he has cancelled something that was never going to happen⁦⁩ ⁦Larisa Brown⁩ @bbcnews bbc.com/news/articles/…

So today i learnt that people with the broadest shoulders get other people to buy their suits and glasses? Times Politics Sky News Tim Montgomerie 🇬🇧

Shane Rt. Hon Ben Wallace Les the Croc Times Politics Sky News Tim Montgomerie 🇬🇧 The “extra 5bn” was, according to OBR a result of public sector pay increases, and Starmer was made aware of 3+bn overspend on this in June/July. Before he spend more on public sector pay awards. And the 22bn? Seems Reeves told the FY on May 2024 she should know…

So if Kier Starmer’s German charm offensive is going to work then he should have persuaded Germany to join Italy, France and UK in supplying cruise missiles (Taurus) to Ukraine & asked the Germans to stop vetoing sales of Typhoon. Larisa Brown