By: Eliot Wilson

Eliot Wilson is a writer, commentator and contributing editor at Defence On The Brink. He was formerly a clerk in the House of Commons and writes regularly on politics, defence and international security, and Parliament and the constitution, including for The Spectator, The Hill, The i Paper and CapX

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London’s night life is in dire straits, and Sadiq Khan is unlikely to turn it around

April 22, 2024

London's night life offering has become the dullest party around, but it is unlikely Labour will liven things up, writes Eliot Wilson.
New laws don’t stop crime

April 12, 2024

Politicians love creating specific new offences to look like they’re tackling a problem, but all it does is make the statute book more complicated without addressing the root of the problem, says Eliot Wilson Retail employees should be safe in their place of work, under the protection of the law. That goes without saying, and [...]
Sadiq Khan’s London Growth plan is based on optimism (and little else)

April 8, 2024

Sadiq Khan's grand plan for London is based on an optimistic fantasy of what a Labour government will bring, writes Eliot Wilson.
Is Khan being left out of the Starmer project?

April 2, 2024

Labour could soon be in charge of Westminster and Whitehall, but a clash between Starmer and Khan risks stasis in London, writes Eliot Wilson.
Waspi women deserve compensation, but could there be a sting in the tail?

March 22, 2024

Waspi women have a legitimate grievance over waiting longer than they expected for their pensions, but any reimbursement scheme must take into account that working people are struggling too, says Eliot Wilson From 2004 to 2009, the Department for Work and Pensions was guilty of maladministration, it breached the Civil Service Code and it failed [...]
Let’s talk about tax – Starmer may regret shutting down debate on abolishing NI

March 20, 2024

Is dismissing ideas about genuine reform of the tax system as “unfunded pledges” really the best the Labour leader can do? Asks Eliot Wilson Taxation runs through politics like a golden thread. It was the battle for control over finance that precipitated the civil wars in Britain and Ireland, and “no taxation without representation” was [...]
Houthi attacks in the Red Sea won’t end until the people of Iran are free

March 11, 2024

As violence escalates, our columnist Eliot Wilson argues that Iranian involvement in conflicts in the Middle East can’t be ignored forever It was only a matter of time. Last Wednesday, three crew members were killed in a Houthi missile attack on the MV True Confidence 50 nautical miles south-west of Aden. The sailors – two [...]
When MPs fear for their safety because of how they vote, we can’t look away

March 4, 2024

Feeling strongly about a subject is no excuse to harass MPs - the status quo is intolerable, writes Eliot Wilson
Labour are chasing the rural vote, but Starmer is no champion of the shires

February 26, 2024

The Labour leader will have his work cut out convincing voters in the countryside that he has their interests at heart, says Eliot Wilson
The Body Shop was ‘woke’, but it’s time for it to die

February 19, 2024

Anita Roddick, who died in 2007, was in the best sense “woke” before the term was pressed into service. She was idealistic, restless, determined, imaginative and slightly hectoring. When she opened the first Body Shop in Brighton in 1976, she claimed she simply wanted to “make a living for herself and her two daughters while [...]

City sounds alarm on £40bn foreign M&A offensive targeting ‘cheap’ UK firms

Championship clubs up promotion gamble by adopting new financial rules

Bentley Bentayga Speed: The maddest, baddest SUV you can buy

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