British brinkmanship is not what it once was
The Government’s “Up yours Delors” bravado could cost the United Kingdom dearly, writes Geoff Kitney. All that glitters is not necessarily gold. UK Trade Minister Liz Truss might have been well advised…
October 26, 2021
The Government’s “Up yours Delors” bravado could cost the United Kingdom dearly, writes Geoff Kitney. All that glitters is not necessarily gold. UK Trade Minister Liz Truss might have been well advised…
October 3, 2021
Geoff Kitney poses the question: Is the sacrifice of a loved one just an unfortunate price that has to be paid for the freedom of others? All things are relative, even death. So, if you…
September 24, 2021
Scotland’s independence-seeking government has reacted with muted curiosity to the unveiling of the AUKUS deal, writes Murray Ritchie. Ever since the 1960s when the US nuclear presence arrived on the Clyde the…
September 21, 2021
Australian Labor Senator Kim Carr says Australians also need answers. For example, will the United States exercise control over how the submarines are built, as well as how they are ultimately deployed?…
September 20, 2021
The new alliance is troubling political, military and strategic analysts who are concerned that it was put together at lightning speed with little consultation and in secret, writes Geoff Kitney from Canberra….
September 8, 2021
The Green Party’s latest foray into government has just taken place in Scotland, boosting the drive for Scottish independence. No longer can the Greens be seen in Britain as just an eccentric…
August 23, 2021
The UK and Australia may have signed a free trade agreement but how deep does the idea of shared interests run? Geoff Kitney takes a look. All sorts of spin have been…
June 30, 2021
Not if drugs policy remains the domain of the UK government in London where a hard-line Conservative Home Secretary is reluctant to devolve the power, writes Murray Ritchie. Scotland has the highest…
May 24, 2021
Nostalgia and unconvincing economic arguments will not be enough to stop Scotland gravitating back to Europe, writes Murray Ritchie. Could an independent Scotland fill the United Kingdom’s vacated place in the European…
April 15, 2021
The vaccine wars appear to be just skirmishes ahead of something much bigger – vaccines as weapons in a looming new Cold War, writes Geoff Kitney. Very early on, long before the…