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A rare win for scrutiny: the Intelligence and Security Committee
Starmer goes nuclear: UK back in the air game
NATO's Article 5: collective security
The new National Security Strategy: joining the dots or sleight of hand?
For King and Country: should the British Army accept more Commonwealth recruits?
Trump is itching to flex military might: calling out the National Guard
Defence digest: SDR round-up, Finland and nuclear weapons
Parliamentary control of the armed forces: theory and practice
Digest: Trump's empty seats, and making our own steel
The King's Speech, Canadian version
Reflections: David Lammy, the centre-right in France and a new Anglo-German missile
Military leadership beyond the SDR
An experiment in republican government: the Commonwealth of England established
The Treasury looks to banking for talent
Defence digest: spies, the Franco-German alliance and the future of the Royal Navy
An English Pope? (Part 1): the conclaves of 1521/22 and 1523
Defence digest: Gurkhas, veterans, Taiwan
Two hats for Marco Rubio—but for how long?
Merz appoints his first cabinet ministers in Germany
The Fall of Saigon, 50 years on
Department of Health gets a new boss
The death of Pope Francis, the conclave and beyond: initial thoughts
Easter Act: a law you've probably never heard of
Reflections on politics of the week
Reflections on the week in defence
Ruler of the King's navee: a Royal Marine as First Sea Lord?
Reflections on politics of the week
Reflections on politics of the week
Some things I'm thinking about: past, present and future
Reflections on politics of the week: coda
Reflections on politics of the week
Reflections on politics of the week
Rewiring the state: Starmer takes on British bureaucracy
The oldest political parties in Europe
"Peace-keeping" in Ukraine: issues to consider
Scottish politics: some observations
A strange fact about Royal Assent to bills
Government is dodging scrutiny on national security
Parliament considers the Church of Scotland—briefly...
Die Pause: the old Bundestag may still have a role to play
Anneliese Dodds, international aid and the defence of the realm
The health of the nation: NHS England needs new leadership
Sunday round-up 23 February 2025
Defence reform: necessary but not sufficient
Sunday round-up 16 February 2025
Starmer's first planned reshuffle may be only months away
Sunday round-up 9 February 2025
Getting the band back together: is Starmer too reliant on Blair veterans?
The legacy of Sue Gray: from disruptor to disaster
House of Commons Modernisation Committee
Sunday round-up 2 February 2025
Defence spending: interim thoughts
Sunday round-up 26 January 2025
Reds on the seabed: countering Russian activity in UK waters
Sunday round-up 19 January 2025
Mark Carney is the wrong man at the wrong time for Canada
Sunday round-up 12 January 2025
Sunday round-up 5 January 2025
Germany's future: the next Bundestag, cabinet-making and the "firewall"