Emergency Exit at English Heritage
12 July 2025
by Mike Wells
Every phone in the UK will blast out an 'emergency alarm' on the orders of the Government as the system is tested for the second time in two years and the Government warns Britain to prepare for war.
Keir Starmer is set to count rural broadband and Heathrow’s third runway as defence spending to circumvent NATO rules as the Government makes plans to redraw the definition of national security.
President Donald Trump has demanded a "complete give-up" by Iran and a "real end" to its nuclear programme, as speculation mounts that the US will join the conflict despite resistance from some senior officials.
The war in Ukraine has shattered a generation of the West's digital-age delusions, say David Betz and Michael Rainsborough. The End of History did not arrive. The Return of Artillery did.
India’s new doctrine of hitting back hard against terrorism in Pakistan marks a new era, writes Ramesh Thakur. It has abandoned its old restraint in favour of an Israel-style playbook of strike-first deterrence.
A Royal Marine has gone public with his concerns that standards are being lowered for female trainees, claiming lives could be at risk and that he was treated like a terrorist for raising his worries.
What if warfare is the normal condition of human society, and peace the exception that requires explanation? Ramesh Thakur looks at some longstanding conflicts and asks how peace might be finally achieved.
Forget Adolescence, says Guy de la Bédoyère. Try The Colditz Story. What teenage boys really need if they’re going to become men are the thrilling adventure stories he devoured as a teenager.
Why is the West's strategy so stupid? Why do we always lose? Ukraine is just the latest ill-fated military intervention driven by simplistic liberal idealism, says Prof Michael Rainsborough. We need to kick the habit.
Climate change, Covid, war: the Establishment's string of emergencies with which to alarm and control the populace exposes its preferred mode of governance. But the self-serving narrative is wearing thin, says Ben Pile.
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