The Brynglas tunnels have been a choke point ever since the second Severn bridge opened in, checks notes, 1996. A sensible government should have planned to do something about the tunnels three decad… (View Post)

They’re still stuck measuring inputs rather than outputs though. Defence isn’t a money-spending competition, it’s a capability competition. (View Post)

At least they got there in the end. Governments of both colours should have done this some years ago. I’m not a fan of government picking winners at anything, but when you have a technology where it’… (View Post)

That’s a little harsh on Dukakis. She was the worst candidate since Mondale. Biden should have done what he said he would do back in 2020, which was to announce early that he would be a one-term pres… (View Post)

It’s certainly possible to argue that having the UK outside the EU has been a significant positive when it comes to defence in particular. It’s meant that, since the outbreak of war in Ukraine, defen… (View Post)