Tag: HMS Dragon


  • The Week in UK Politics

    It has been James Vance Week, or for fans of Édith Piaf, “Semaine Je Regrette Tout.” With Westminster largely silent while Parliament was in Easter recess, British politics spent the week reacting to events elsewhere. The most consequential development was the quiet collapse of the Chagos deal, but this seemed like small beer compared to…

  • HMS Dragon Leaves the Nest

    Puts to sea 16:10 Tuesday 10th March. However, there are whispers that the destroyer may have to make a lengthy stop in Gibraltar en route to Cyprus… Check us out on insta @theworldofukpolitics

  • The Week in UK Politics

    Preparation, hesitation, correction, reposition. This past week has seen a (leaky) raft of claims about the Government’s preparations for the US-Israeli attack on Iran, hesitation and uncertainty in response, hardly disguised at all by post hoc (and very definitely therefore not ergo propter hoc) announcements claiming that everything is under control. On the home front…