Good to ask @tomfletcherun.bsky.social today at @chathamhouse.org if international diplomacy is broken - and get his answer - broken for who? www.youtube.com/shorts/1sD3X...
Britain’s leaders have shown a “corrosive complacency” towards defence, putting the country “in peril” while it is “under attack”, a key government adviser has warned, in a stinging rebuke of Sir Keir Starmer’s military policy.
via @lucyfisher.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/88b1...
Will everyone please accordingly update their class takes, which will take effect from 5pm today
UK government has put out a call for input relating to its own future anti coercion instrument
Doc "sets out the rationale for why the UK government is considering new powers to protect the UK from adverse economic pressure and how these might work"
www.gov.uk/governmen...
The Strategic Defence Review, which Robertson spearheaded, came out in September 2025, as I was writing the last chapter of my book, which is focused on foreign policy and strategy. I read that entire document and interviewed a number of experts about it. A few thoughts. 🧵
Big blow for Starmer and the credibility of the UK - defence secretary John Healey resigns, arguing Starmer was not willing to increase defence spending to the level Healey regards as necessary.