Trotsky in 1938 defined the ‘Third Camp’ as the result of ‘the fetishism of two camps’ which ‘would give way to a third, independent, sovereign camp of the proletariat, that camp upon which, in point of fact, the future of humanity depends.’ The attempt of the USSR and the USA to divide the world into [...]

Filed under: afghanistan, defence, deficit reduction, democracy, identity on June 21st, 2011 | No Comments »

New Labour was pronounced dead on Saturday as Ed Miliband professed his desire to take the party in a different direction. The era of Blair, Brown, and Miliband senior is over, and so now seems the perfect opportunity to reflect on its record, beginning with the election of Tony Blair as Labour leader in 1994, and [...]

Filed under: crime, defence, education, gordonbrown, health, labour, tonyblair on September 30th, 2010 | No Comments »

So, here’s the question of the day – should the Ministry of Defence allow Prince Harry to be deployed to Iraq? The key word here is ‘allow’ - he wants to go, and that’s admirable. But surely Harry isn’t naive enough to think that just because he wants to go to Iraq like an ordinary [...]

Filed under: defence, foreignpolicy, iraq on April 27th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

The European Union has a good deal going for it. It has the greatest GDP of any economic bloc on earth (an estimated $14 trillion). It is stable, peaceful, democratic. It encourages trade and travel. It offers an alternative model for foreign relations to that showcased by the United States.
However, significant proportions in most members [...]

Filed under: defence, europe, foreignpolicy on February 18th, 2007 | 46 Comments »