The head of the Danish Army recently arrived, so will be interesting to see whether he is present at the press conference. (View Post)

The EU is borrowing €150bn for member states to spend on rearmament. You could argue that the EU is doing more to invest in defence than the UK is. (View Post)

It is true that the Europeans haven't spent enough on defence, but I think you can go too far with that sort of criticism. When push came to shove and the US invoked Article 5 after 9/11, Europe… (View Post)

The EU isn't moot. They are a large collection of countries that are mostly good allies for the UK on defence issues, which means that UK is not so alone that we have to beg China for protection… (View Post)

Like the deal to leave Hong Kong alone for 50 years? (View Post)