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Britain's defence, decoded — and it's not what the MoD is telling you. Click to read Defence On The Brink, a Substack publication. Launched 2 months ago.
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| Jul 20, 2026 | Victory wasted: The cautionary tale of Keir Starmer | Keir Starmer sold himself as a non-politician, and proved again and again why political skills matter, writes Eliot Wilson Today Sir Keir Starmer will finally resign as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury. He has been PM for two y... |
| Jul 2, 2026 | On this day in 1940: Happy birthday Ken Clarke | For many in parliament, it may feel as if he’s always been there. But on this day, 2 July 1940, Kenneth Clarke was born. Eliot Wilson tells us more At the Cabinet reshuffle in July 2014, the oldest face leaving belonged to the minister with... |
| Sep 29, 2025 | On this day: The Bill of Rights is set in motion | On this day in 1789, the Bill of Rights was sent to the states for ratification. With the right to free speech still hotly contested 300 years later, Eliot Wilson goes back to the start There is currently intense and passionate debate in th... |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Could Andy Burnham actually unseat Keir Starmer? | Andy Burnham has made a bold threat to Keir Starmer, but could he actually unseat the Prime Minister? Eliot Wilson takes a look It is hard to think of a premiership which has moved as quickly as Sir Keir Starmer’s from overwhelming electora... |
| Sep 15, 2025 | Siddiq, Rayner, Mandelson: Starmer has proven himself a disastrous judge of character | Angela Rayner and Lord Mandelson are just the latest examples of Starmer’s erring judgement when it comes to character, writes Eliot Wilson Last week was not a good one for Sir Keir Starmer. On Tuesday, he held the first meeting of his new-... |
| Aug 25, 2025 | Nostalgia won’t save the steel industry, no matter how hard Labour tries | As the government takes control of another beleaguered steel works, Eliot Wilson asks what, exactly, the long-term plan is? Speciality Steels UK (SSUK) is in trouble, to put it lightly. Last week, amid mounting piles of debt and denied requ... |
| Aug 11, 2025 | Small boats deal shows Labour’s technocrats have no clue what they’re doing | Labour positioned itself as a party of technocrats, but the small boats deal shows they have no clue what they’re doing, writes Eliot Wilson Last week, the Agreement on the Prevention of Dangerous Journeys, concluded between the UK and Fran... |
| Aug 4, 2025 | On this day: Gibraltar is captured by the British | On this day in 1704, Gibraltar was surrendered to the Anglo-Dutch fleet. 321 years later, Eliot Wilson looks at what that means today As historical conflicts go, the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14) was self-explanatory in its naming... |
| Jun 23, 2025 | Blaise Metreweli is a boot in the face for DEI | Blaise Metreweli has been appointed as the first female head of Mi5 from an all-woman shortlist composed on merit alone. It’s proof that some women don’t need DEI to break glass ceilings, says Eliot Wilson Just over a week ago, it was annou... |
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Parsers VC has collected 10 articles mentioning Defence On The Brink, among them “Victory wasted: The cautionary tale of Keir Starmer” (Jul 20, 2026) and “On this day in 1940: Happy birthday Ken Clarke” (Jul 2, 2026).
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