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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The DUP lives rent free in Sunak’s mind and our collective political memory

February 27, 2023

How the DUP have carved out an outsized place in the post-Brexit political zeitgeist.
Culture war concerns are creating new divisions for Conservatives to traverse

February 20, 2023

Rishi Sunak has dug a line in the sand on culture war issues, but it's already created new ideological division which could split the Conservative Party, writes Eliot Wilson
Davos has always been riding on a high but it’s in the grip of a downhill spiral

February 13, 2023

For decades, political and business leaders have gathered at Davos, but the World Economic Forum has started to lose its shine, writes Eliot Wilson
Harry Styles’ Grammys outfit wasn’t radical: Bowie did it better 50 years ago

February 9, 2023

If you have an ounce of sense or taste, you will look at the red carpet for the Grammys, if at all, the same way that less enlightened 18th century thrill-seekers paid to be shown round the Bethlem Royal Hospital. Those you observe are to be pitied, to be sure, but you are viscerally aware [...]
The world’s favourite airline? It’s certainly not British Airways anymore

February 6, 2023

British Airways is getting its comms wrong. Banning pilots and hostesses from posting on social media while they work shows the airline prioritises money over its employees, writes Eliot Wilson
The long shadow of Dominic Cummings might just start an invention boom

January 30, 2023

ARIA, the government sponsored independent body is designed to fund new scientific and innovation projects. It might the last hangover of Dominic Cummings in Downing Street, writes Eliot Wilson
The deja vu of Nicola Sturgeon shaking her fists at Westminster in the courts

January 23, 2023

Holyrood and Westminster have been locked in a gender reforms fight. But if Sturgeon thinks she has good chances to win this battle in the courts, she should think twice, writes Eliot Wilson
Ukraine is a real life learning curve of the price of modern war and defence

January 16, 2023

The war in Ukraine is a distinctive representation of conflict in today's world. We have to look closely at our role in supporting Kyiv to understand the price and lessons of modern war, writes Eliot Wilson
Sunak is right in taking on the unions, but anti-strike laws are no silver bullet

January 9, 2023

Strike action doesn’t have to be very extensive to send British society into fits of frightening folk memories of the 1970s. People murmur knowingly about a winter of discontent coming back to haunt us from the past. Real connoisseurs will recall the Army being brought in, ageing Green Goddess fire engines wheeled out to cover [...]
What’s in a year? Hopefully one without a new prime minister or an election

January 3, 2023

Without making myself a hostage to fortune, I predict 2023 will be a year without as much political turmoil even as inflation causes havoc.

Advertising at World Cup: Levi’s genius, hydration breaks and dodging rules

Advertising at World Cup: Levi’s genius, hydration breaks and dodging rules

Procter & Gamble axes relationship with Kremlin propaganda channel

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