National Statistics published this month the latest defence statistics revealing that Royal Air Force aircraft numbers are reducing while its uniformed regular personnel increase in numbers. National Statistics’ annual report ‘UK armed forces equipment and formations’ gives the number of aircraft in all three armed forces, and its ‘quarterly serviceContinue Reading
I solemnly swear … Amer Ghazzal/Alamy Live News Boris Johnson recently announced that a UK inquiry into the government’s handling of COVID-19 will start in 2022 (with a parallel one planned in Scotland), and many more will emerge all over the world. But how should such inquiries be designed andContinue Reading
The US president says he does not want to see a “closed Border again” on the island of Ireland, due to the post-Brexit row. Joe Biden made the comments during a meeting with British prime minister Boris Johnson in the White House yesterday. Mr Biden says he does not wantContinue Reading
Tributes have been paid to Sex And The City actor Willie Garson following his death aged 57. Garson was best-known for playing flamboyant talent agent Stanford Blatch, the close friend and confidante of Sarah Jessica Parker’s Carrie Bradshaw. He reprised the role in the two Sex And The City filmsContinue Reading
Pride of the fleet: the submarine, HMS Triumph, in 1940 after being rebuilt. Imperial War Museum archive In September 1941 the British press enthralled its readers with a story of naval heroism that the public, battered by German bombing and strict rationing, was crying out for: a tale of survivalContinue Reading
Last year, the return of blue passports was touted as a symbol of Britain taking back control following Brexit. Some in government would now like to see Britain’s imperial measurements make a comeback. As part of a review on EU laws still in place after Brexit, the government plans toContinue Reading
Afghanistan has been nicknamed the “graveyard of empires” in reference to the failure of colonial attempts to govern it. Yet this often distracts from the sombre fact that anyone – whether insiders or outsiders – who has tried to establish control over the whole country has met with resistance. TheContinue Reading
Shutterstock “Now she is all alone.” Former president Barack Obama slightly squinted and bit his lip in characteristic fashion as he spoke these words to his adviser. Obama had spent three hours alone with Angela Merkel in Hotel Adelon in Berlin. It was late November 2016. Donald Trump had justContinue Reading
El Hadeeyah has a gilt-edged opportunity of doubling her winning tally when attempting to defy a penalty in the eleven-runner Fillies’ Novice Stakes over six furlongs of Newcastle tapeta tonight; the sole success of this Invincible Spirit juvenile was gained on Lingfield polytrack way back in July since when JamesContinue Reading
A PUNTER turned a losing bet into £10,031.63 after timing his cash out to perfection with Sky Bet. One leg of his five-fold bet didn’t come through after a 95th minute equaliser but that didn’t stop him pocketing a huge lump of cash. Bristol City scored a 93rd minute winnerContinue Reading
