America, the Taliban and a farewell to arms
brett2021-09-02T17:40:11+01:00Thanks to the largesse of the American taxpayer, the Taliban now has more attack helicopters than the UK, and is better armed than almost every Nato country, apart from the
What can we learn about Afghanistan from Alastair Campbell?
brett2021-09-10T11:00:08+01:00Alastair Campbell bemoans Brexit Britain for not being a bigger player on the world stage. Yet half a decade on from the 2016 vote it is the Remainers like Campbell
We have armed the Taliban to cause destruction in Afghanistan and elsewhere for generations
brett2021-09-10T11:03:24+01:00In a season finale that the most dystopian screenwriter would have struggled to invent, the elite Taliban unit was itself bedecked in US military gear. Read more
The way Afghan operation has finished is a colossal, massive, generational screw-up
brett2021-09-02T17:42:02+01:00IT turns out that the Taliban don’t take holidays. Despite the August weather it seems the extremists who just retook Afghanistan wouldn’t be taking a summer break. Read more
Good luck convincing China to stop burning coal
brett2021-09-02T17:44:48+01:00The reaction to Alok Sharma's world tour shows much that is wrong with Global Britain Read more
Can the world afford another three and a half years of President Biden?
brett2021-09-02T17:49:25+01:00Britain has grown used to a strong America. Now, it must contend with a weak leadership in retreat Read more
Will Europe survive another migrant crisis?
brett2021-09-02T17:56:00+01:00The EU is woefully unprepared for an influx of Afghans Read more
I Miss My Opponents
brett2021-09-10T10:56:15+01:00The mainstream papers and networks are no longer mainstream, let alone centrist. Into that gulf newer, partisan media stepped. In an effort to ward off the competition, the older networks
We stood with the US on its darkest days – Joe Biden forgets that
brett2021-09-02T18:04:40+01:00THE Special Relationship between Britain and America has been one of the most important alliances in history. Together we defeated the Kaiser’s Germany. Together we defeated Adolf Hitler. Read more