The British must wake up to the great illusion of the ‘Special Relationship’ As an ex NATO officer albeit with a singularly undistinguished career, I served with Americans in Germany & subsequently the Royal College [more…]
Geopolitical, military & economic strategy is an art, not a science. Which means it is significantly more difficult to teach even if qualified experts were available. In Western hemisphere countries, usually representative democracies, strategic thinking [more…]
What a combination! Washington has pursued a rather peculiar policy on post war Europe, paternalism at first devious opportunism post Soviet collapse. The recent Trump mantra that Europe has to pay its way militarily is [more…]
I have been observing a peculiar political phenomenon manifest itself over the last thirty five years. The deliberate systematic destruction of The West by the political, press & corporate elite. I restrict myself in this [more…]
In the late 1980s the City of London reeled after a financial scandal involving a company called Barlow Clowes, the details are of little relevance for these observations save on vital piece of information, it [more…]
I was born in 1949, now in 2025 Great Britain has the highest tax burden in my lifetime & I would argue the most degraded public services. Post war the UK has suffered from unrelenting [more…]
Excuse the provocative title, I know there are a few others left but let me flesh out my view, I have been fortunate to have travelled much of the world on business which has meant [more…]
It’s difficult for me to believe the Falklands War took place over forty years ago In April 1981 I was a 30 year old captain in Specialist Forces reserve, at the training school in Grantham [more…]
There seems to be a total lack today of leadership skills in industry or politics. The concept of leadership training used to be the preserve of the British public schools & ancient grammar schools. It [more…]
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