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Eliot Wilson

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On this day in 1814: The London Beer Flood

On this day in 1814: The London Beer Flood

Customers and staff in a London pub, circa 1870. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) On this day in 1814, the perils of drink would show...

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Nato is far too complacent about Russian drones

Nato is far too complacent about Russian drones
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The Spectator

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Don’t raise a glass to Starmer’s plan for pubs

Don’t raise a glass to Starmer’s plan for pubs

LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 06: Labour Party leader, Sir Keir Starmer, pulls a pint of beer at the Tower Hill Brewdog pub on July 6, 2020 in London,...

14.10.2025 8

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A judge has finally seen sense over the SAS’s ambush of three IRA men

A judge has finally seen sense over the SAS’s ambush of three IRA men
10.10.2025 3

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On this day: Fox News hits our screens

On this day: Fox News hits our screens

On this day in 1996, Rupert Murdoch launched Fox News Channel and changed the American news landscape, writes Eliot Wilson Thirty years ago, 20th...

08.10.2025 6

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Conservative Party Conference: What can we expect?

Conservative Party Conference: What can we expect?

Despite the naysayers, party conferences are not meaningless, so what can we expect from the Tories at Conservative Party Conference 2025? Eliot...

07.10.2025 3

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Kemi Badenoch finally has something to announce. But is anyone listening?

Kemi Badenoch finally has something to announce. But is anyone listening?
06.10.2025 8

iNews

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Will Europe put its money where its mouth is for Ukraine?

Will Europe put its money where its mouth is for Ukraine?
02.10.2025 3

The Spectator

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On This Day: Britain asks the IMF for a loan

On This Day: Britain asks the IMF for a loan

English Labour Party politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Denis Healey (1917 – 2015) at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton on 3rd...

01.10.2025 10

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On this day: The Bill of Rights is set in motion

On this day: The Bill of Rights is set in motion

On this day in 1789, the Bill of Rights was sent to the states for ratification. With the right to free speech still hotly contested 300 years later,...

30.09.2025 3

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Could Andy Burnham actually unseat Keir Starmer?

Could Andy Burnham actually unseat Keir Starmer?

Andy Burnham has made a bold threat to Keir Starmer, but could he actually unseat the Prime Minister? Eliot Wilson takes a look It is hard to think...

30.09.2025 10

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On this day: Profumo proves the cover up is always worse than the crime

27th July 1963: Mandy Rice-Davies (1944 – ) who rose to fame for her part in the ‘Profumo Affair’ sits in a car with Christine Keeler (1942 –...

27.09.2025 8

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End of Trump’s state visit is no time for Britain to relax

AYLESBURY, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 18: U.S. President Donald Trump talks at a press conference with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer (not pictured) at...

23.09.2025 8

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Will Britain ever join the EU’s defence loan scheme?

19.09.2025 9

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Healey’s Palantir deal is a major boost for Britain’s army

18.09.2025 4

The Spectator

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If Tony Radakin couldn’t reform the MoD, who can?

16.09.2025 20

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Siddiq, Rayner, Mandelson: Starmer has proven himself a disastrous judge of character

Angela Rayner and Lord Mandelson are just the latest examples of Starmer’s erring judgement when it comes to character, writes Eliot Wilson Last...

16.09.2025 4

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Will Trump trip up Nigel Farage?

GOODYEAR, ARIZONA – OCTOBER 28: British politician Nigel Farage (R) praises U.S. President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at Phoenix Goodyear...

09.09.2025 6

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On this day in 1888: The Football League kicks off

Circa 1680, an early version of football (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Today in 1888, Aston Villa came to an anticlimactic 1-1 draw against...

09.09.2025 30

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On this day: The worst blazes of the Great Fire of London

A 120-metre long wooden model of London’s 17th-century skyline burns on the River Thames after it was set alight in a dramatic retelling of the...

05.09.2025 10

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Norway’s warship order is a boost for Britain’s defence industry

02.09.2025 4

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A Treasury reshuffle on the eve of a Budget is a bad sign for Reeves

Tax-loving Torsten Bell has been handed responsibility for economic policy Handing responsibility for the economy to a man who was director of...

02.09.2025 10

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Why a peacekeeping buffer zone in Ukraine won’t work

30.08.2025 9

The Spectator

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The Tories would never get away with Angela Rayner's hypocrisy - she should resign

29.08.2025 7

iNews

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On This Day: When Britain led the atomic age

Cooling towers and a reactor at the world’s first full-scale atomic power station at Calder Hall, Cumberland (now Cumbria), England. The station,...

28.08.2025 6

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Trump’s military purge is a disaster waiting to happen

26.08.2025 10

The Spectator

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Nostalgia won’t save the steel industry, no matter how hard Labour tries

As the government takes control of another beleaguered steel works, Eliot Wilson asks what, exactly, the long-term plan is? Speciality Steels UK...

26.08.2025 3

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On this day in 1968: Moscow crushes the Prague Spring

People stand on an abandoned tank in a street while pedestrians walk by during the Czech Crisis, Prague, Czechoslovakia, August 29th 1968. (Photo by...

21.08.2025 4

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Are British troops prepared to defend Ukraine?

20.08.2025 8

The Spectator

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Sorry Nigel, appointing business leaders to government never actually works

Nigel Farage has said that if ever elected Prime Minister, he would appoint top business leaders to his cabinet Taking successful people from the...

19.08.2025 10

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Starmer’s coalition of the willing has been saved from itself

18.08.2025 10

The Spectator

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On this day: The special relationship is born with the Atlantic Charter

On this day in 1941, Churchill and Roosevelt made a joint statement that would come to be known as the Atlantic Charter – and the start of the...

15.08.2025 40

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Small boats deal shows Labour’s technocrats have no clue what they’re doing

Labour positioned itself as a party of technocrats, but the small boats deal shows they have no clue what they’re doing, writes Eliot Wilson Last...

12.08.2025 4

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Why is Spain trying to pick a fight with Trump on defence?

08.08.2025 8

The Spectator

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How will the army’s new Gurkhas fight without any guns?

05.08.2025 9

The Spectator

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On this day: Gibraltar is captured by the British

On this day in 1704, Gibraltar was surrendered to the Anglo-Dutch fleet. 321 years later, Eliot Wilson looks at what that means today As historical...

05.08.2025 4

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Comparing Nigel Farage to Jimmy Savile marks a new low in politics

Reform leader Nigel Farage has unveiled new non-dom policy known as the Britannia Card(Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Invoking Jimmy Savile to...

05.08.2025 5

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Is David Williams the MoD’s fall guy?

02.08.2025 8

The Spectator

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Orgreave inquiry is a politically motivated waste of public money

Mounted riot police at the miners’ demonstration at Orgreave colliery, Yorkshire, where miners picketed the mine, 2nd June 1984. Soon afterwards,...

29.07.2025 3

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Striking resident doctors have overplayed their hand

26.07.2025 5

iNews

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On this day in 1974: US supreme court orders Nixon to hand over Watergate tapes

Image generated by Chat GPT On this day 51 years ago, the US supreme court dealt a serious blow to executive privilege when it ordered to hand over...

25.07.2025 10

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Kemi Badenoch’s shadow cabinet reshuffle was deliberately bland

22.07.2025 3

iNews

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Politics / The problem of striking a defence deal with the EU

22.07.2025 10

The Spectator

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How much will the Afghan data leak really cost?

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – AUGUST 21: In this handout image provided by the Ministry of Defence, the British armed forces work with the U.S. military to...

22.07.2025 10

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Germany has become a useful ally for Britain

18.07.2025 4

The Spectator

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Are we sure the Afghan data debacle wouldn’t happen again?

16.07.2025 4

The Spectator

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Corbyn, Sultana and the politics of ‘someone else will pay’

BRIGHTON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 28: Labour MP for Coventry South Zarah Sultana (L) speaks with former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn after...

16.07.2025 9

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Politics / The Ministry of Defence has dropped the ball on fighter jets

14.07.2025 4

The Spectator

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