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Eliot Wilson

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Nigel Farage asks the crudest question: are you with me or against me?

Nigel Farage asks the crudest question: are you with me or against me?

Wednesday 08 July 2026 10:14 am  |   Updated:  Wednesday 08 July 2026 10:15 am Nigel Farage asks the crudest...

08.07.2026 10

City A.M.

Eliot Wilson

Remembering Norman Tebbit

Remembering Norman Tebbit

Tuesday 07 July 2026 10:26 am  |   Updated:  Tuesday 07 July 2026 10:42 am Remembering Norman Tebbit ...

07.07.2026 10

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Eliot Wilson

This Nato summit will be Starmer’s final humiliation

Sir Keir Starmer attended his first Nato summit in Washington, DC four days after becoming Prime Minister in July 2024. Now, almost exactly two years...

07.07.2026 10

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

‘Number 10 North’ is no more than a gimmick

‘Number 10 North’ is no more than a gimmick

Monday 06 July 2026 4:33 am  |   Updated:  Friday 03 July 2026 5:48 pm ‘Number 10 North’ is no more than a...

06.07.2026 20

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Eliot Wilson

Why does Starmer think he could become Nato chief?

When the incumbent prime minister – presumably Andy Burnham – lays a wreath at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday this year to honour ‘the...

30.06.2026 20

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

The problem with swapping the navy’s destroyers for drones

It can be hard to believe, but it is only three weeks since John Healey resigned as defence secretary, saying that Keir Starmer had proven himself,...

29.06.2026 10

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

Burnham’s choice of Chancellor will define his premiership

Monday 29 June 2026 10:01 am  |   Updated:  Monday 29 June 2026 10:05 am Burnham’s choice of Chancellor will define...

29.06.2026 20

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Eliot Wilson

Andy Burnham: being all things to all men will end up letting everyone down

Monday 22 June 2026 10:33 am  |   Updated:  Monday 22 June 2026 10:34 am Andy Burnham: being all things to all men...

22.06.2026 20

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Starmer is leaving Britain unprepared for future conflicts

Sir Keir Starmer came to office in July 2024 on a manifesto which played heavily on defence. The Labour party, it proclaimed, had an absolute...

17.06.2026 10

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

A new defence minister won’t solve Starmer’s DIP problem

Thursday was a bad day at the office for Sir Keir Starmer. The Prime Minister is already fighting fires on several fronts: the forthcoming Makerfield...

12.06.2026 20

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

Britain’s slide down the Nato league table is an embarrassment

The Strategic Defence Review (SDR), published a year ago and meant to be the fundamental framework of the government’s defence policy, was not a...

08.06.2026 10

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

Trump is hollowing out America’s intelligence agencies

Donald Trump never loses the ability to astonish. Many people will have breathed a sigh of relief last month when the United States Director of...

03.06.2026 20

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Eliot Wilson

Keir Starmer is not serious about defence

Today marks a year since the government published its Strategic Defence Review (SDR). From the outset, it was clear that the review was hampered by...

02.06.2026 20

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Eliot Wilson

Why is Andy Burnham asking Sue Gray for advice?

As Andy Burnham, who is still mayor of Greater Manchester in his spare time, campaigns to win the Makerfield by-election in fewer than four weeks, he...

25.05.2026 20

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

Supermarket price caps? Rachel Reeves is truly panicking

Monday 25 May 2026 5:20 am  |   Updated:  Friday 22 May 2026 4:34 pm Supermarket price caps? Rachel Reeves is truly...

25.05.2026 30

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The Ministry of Defence is failing to prepare Britain for war

In the last 20 or 25 years, there has been a much greater understanding that a country’s ‘national security’ encompasses much more than the...

22.05.2026 20

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

On This Day: Happy birthday Andrew Neil

Thursday 21 May 2026 5:47 am  |   Updated:  Wednesday 20 May 2026 5:06 pm On This Day: Happy birthday Andrew Neil ...

21.05.2026 20

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Eliot Wilson

Trump’s NATO troop reduction isn’t Europe’s biggest problem

Before Donald Trump returned to the White House last year, there were many commentators who sought to sanitise the President. Take him seriously but...

21.05.2026 20

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Eliot Wilson

Trump’s Nato troop reduction isn’t Europe’s biggest problem

Before Donald Trump returned to the White House last year, there were many commentators who sought to sanitise the President. Take him seriously but...

20.05.2026 20

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

Why Trump is threatening the Falklands

There are still those who argue that President Trump’s aggressive, impulsive and inconsistent foreign policy is radical and disruptive, and because...

25.04.2026 30

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

Why Trump is threatening the Falklands

There are still those who argue that President Trump’s aggressive, impulsive and inconsistent foreign policy is radical and disruptive, and because...

24.04.2026 20

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

War bonds won’t fix chronic underinvestment in defence

The relentless drumbeat of events can distort our perspective of the passage of time. The Ministry of Defence is reported to be considering proposals...

21.04.2026 30

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

Treasury squabbles are harming Britain’s national security

The symphony of criticism aimed at the government for failing to live up to its promises of boosting Britain’s defences came to its crescendo this...

16.04.2026 30

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

Starmer is being ‘corrosively complacent’ about defence

The old joke runs that you can tell when a politician is lying because his lips are moving. It is unfair – our elected leaders rarely indulge in...

14.04.2026 20

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

The defence industry can’t wait for the government to find its courage

Monday 13 April 2026 12:01 pm  |   Updated:  Monday 13 April 2026 12:03 pm The defence industry can’t wait for the...

13.04.2026 40

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Can the Royal Navy really deter Vladimir Putin?

The Royal Navy has not had a good few weeks in reputational terms. It was nothing short of humiliating that it took three weeks to get the destroyer...

10.04.2026 20

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

Putin has called Starmer’s shadow fleet bluff

Theodore Roosevelt, the blur of energy who occupied the White House for the first years of the 20th century, famously advised statesmen: ‘Speak...

09.04.2026 30

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

The Iran deal has shown Britain’s irrelevance

With Donald Trump’s threat that ‘a whole civilization will die… never to be brought back again’ looming on Tuesday night, a temporary two-week...

08.04.2026 20

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

On This Day in 1980: America severs diplomatic relations with Iran

Tuesday 07 April 2026 5:55 am  |   Updated:  Monday 06 April 2026 11:10 am On This Day in 1980: America severs...

07.04.2026 20

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Eliot Wilson

Keir Starmer believes undoing Brexit will solve Britain’s problems – he’s wrong

Monday 06 April 2026 5:54 am  |   Updated:  Friday 03 April 2026 10:14 am Keir Starmer believes undoing Brexit will...

06.04.2026 30

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Eliot Wilson

The fate of this US pilot could determine the Iran war

Around dawn on Friday, a McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle from the US Air Force’s 494th Fighter Squadron was shot down over south-western Iran....

04.04.2026 30

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

The one hurdle to Trump taking America out of Nato

Donald Trump has never liked the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato). Disagreements have been managed before and problems deferred, but his...

02.04.2026 30

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

Civilian ships can’t do the Navy’s job in the Strait of Hormuz

There are those who will claim that Sir Keir Starmer has handled the UK’s response to America’s war with Iran skilfully and diplomatically. That...

25.03.2026 30

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

Could Britain help unblock the Strait of Hormuz?

It has not required advanced training in detecting nuance or reading between the lines in recent days to understand that Donald Trump is annoyed. A...

20.03.2026 20

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

Britain’s problem isn’t too few ministers, it’s too much government

Tuesday 17 March 2026 4:40 pm  |   Updated:  Tuesday 17 March 2026 4:42 pm Britain’s problem isn’t too few...

17.03.2026 30

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Eliot Wilson

Should NATO help America defend the Strait of Hormuz?

As soon as Operation Epic Fury, America’s latest campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran, got underway on the last day of February, political,...

17.03.2026 30

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

Should Nato help America defend the Strait of Hormuz?

As soon as Operation Epic Fury, America’s latest campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran, got underway on the last day of February, political,...

16.03.2026 20

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

The glaring problem with the RAF's new helicopters

It was good news, albeit good news of the your-house-hasn’t-burned-down variety. Last week, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced that Leonardo UK...

12.03.2026 40

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

Whether Trump is right or wrong, peace with Iran was never on the table

Monday 09 March 2026 11:10 am Whether Trump is right or wrong, peace with Iran was never on the table ...

09.03.2026 40

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On This Day: Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations

Monday 09 March 2026 5:11 am  |   Updated:  Thursday 05 March 2026 2:32 pm On This Day: Adam Smith publishes The...

09.03.2026 30

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Eliot Wilson

Does Trump really have ‘whatever it takes’ to win in Iran?

With Operation Epic Fury in its sixth day, it is hard to tell how long the current United States military campaign against Iran will last. It may not...

06.03.2026 30

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

Does Trump really have ‘whatever it takes’ to win in Iran?

With Operation Epic Fury in its sixth day, it is hard to tell how long the current United States military campaign against Iran will last. It may not...

05.03.2026 30

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

Iran has shown how naive Keir Starmer truly is

Being one of America’s closest allies – which Britain remains – is like having a very rich friend. You are invited to meetings and parties to...

03.03.2026 30

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson