Alarm clock Britain is being taxed to the hilt while the Chancellor plots at home - John Redwood

No wonder Labour is so low in the polls, writes the former Conservative MP

Labour's leadership need to ramp up defence recruitment for what's coming - Stuart Fawcett

The focus has been on defence procurement, but we haven’t talked enough about defence people, writes Labour councillor Stuart Fawcett

Reform is right to crush civil servants who let in sex offenders, but it's not enough - Rakib Ehsan

The rot is deep and implicates various organs of the British state, writes independent researcher and commentator Rakib Ehsan

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