After press speculation that the Government was starting to backpedal on its policy of reducing training for the TA, Shadow Defence Secretary Liam Fox was granted an Urgent Question on the topic by the Speaker at 3.30pm this afternoon. Unfortunately although it was televised, most of the debate was obsdured […]

I was mighty impressed with the good general’s speech on Thursday given at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. To read the full text read here and I strongly urge you to. He really did make some pertinent points, and I truly believe that the top of the US military […]

In yet another masterly procurement move, the UK Ministry of Defence has decided to spend hundreds of millions of pounds upgrading and restoring its aged Puma helicopters – which were due to retire next year – for service in Afghanistan. This will cost more than buying a fleet of brand […]

The answer must be NO otherwise there will be murder and TheEye may have to blog from gaol. In the US, Senator Arlen Specter (called today – Sunday) for hearings to scrutinize a guide for veterans’ end-of-life care which one former Bush official says sends a “hurry-up-and-die” message to injured […]

Two countries, two cultures and two very different headlines for the same incident. Pravda give us the marvellous: “Two Russian Nuclear Submarines Make USA Shake With Fear” whilst the usually confrontational Fox News are significantly more boring with: “Defense Officials: Russian Subs Patrolling off East Coast of United States” Firstly […]

There have been many attempts to show that B Hussein Obama might not be an US citizen and therefore is not eligible to be President. Some have been dismissed by the courts but more than a dozen are still making their way through the US judicial system. Make of them […]

Yesterday afternoon was a scorching hot day in Gibraltar and the traditional Queen’s Birthday parade took place in a packed Casemates Square. The Band and Corps of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment was in fine form and gave a spectacular marching display. Fresh from recording the strongest Tory share of the […]

This gate was built in the Tower of London by Edward I to provide a water gate to St Thomas’s Tower which was a royal residence. During the 17th Century its use was changed to bringing those accused of being traitors – including Anne Boleyn, Sir Thomas More and Queen […]

Admire the USS Reagan next to the USS Arizona memorial. Superb. When the Bridge pipes ‘Man the Rail’ there is a lot of rail to man on this monster: shoulder to shoulder, around 45 acres. Her displacement is about 100,000 tons with full complement. Capability: Top speed exceeds 30 knots, […]

Comment gêner une nation entière dans un mouvement facile. Basically by not bothering to invite Her Majesty to the 65th Anniversary of D-Day. The French have admitted not “personally” inviting the Queen but should she feel like turning up at the side door and taking her place in the queue […]