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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Year in review: Rogue ministers and fiscal headaches, how did Sunak do in 2023?

December 27, 2023

As 2023 limps to an end, and Sunak nears the deadline for his "five pledges", Eliot Wilson takes a look at the year that was in UK politics.
Banish Christmas guilt and catch up on your own terms

December 23, 2023

If you exhaust yourself and distribute your company in penny-packets you will satisfy no-one. Forget Christmas guilt this year.
Starmer is set to win, but an election of indifference will come back to bite

December 18, 2023

Labour is set to win the next election, but only a third of voters think the party is ready to govern. Is Britain sleepwalking into the future, asks Eliot Wilson.
Golden arches won’t stop conflict, but continued trade might

December 11, 2023

As countries become more inward looking and trading relationships weaken, the golden arches theory still rings true, writes Eliot Wilson.
Keir Starmer’s Labour has no foreign policy plans in a world full of crises

December 4, 2023

Labour's foreign policy is in need of less idealism and more expertise if it is to survive a world gripped by crisis, writes Eliot Wilson.
After the debanking scandal, Britain needs to give up its stake in Natwest

November 27, 2023

Selling its remaining holdings in Natwest is obviously the right thing for the government to do: the state has no business owning a financial services conglomerate.
Sunak’s belief in the Rwanda scheme is based on magical thinking

November 20, 2023

Rwanda has always been an ill-conceived policy with little evidence, but Rishi Sunak is willing to bet everything on it, writes Eliot Wilson
The price of war: Israel must fight for its economic resilience once more

November 13, 2023

As well as the combat in Gaza and the PR war in the West, Israel is fighting on a third front: its economy, writes Eliot Wilson
If we look for insane political slights, we will find them – yes, even in M&S ads

November 6, 2023

Last weeks momentary insanity of a Christmas ad is a sign of our hyper vigilance against political slights, writes Eliot Wilson
Biden needs to know how far he is willing to go in a tussle with Beijing

October 30, 2023

In an unlikely skirmish over a landing craft in the South China Sea, Joe Biden issued a message to China which Taiwan will hope is a rallying cry for American allies, writes Eliot Wilson

WatchHouse CEO: Before I did coffee, I designed aquariums for billionaires

Saudi Arabia still open to sport investing, insists PIF, despite drastic cutbacks

Are buffets back? The rise, fall and rise again of the all-you-can-eat

By: Eliot Wilson

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