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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Peter O’Toole is the style icon, not Harry Styles

October 20, 2022

As a society obsessed with novelty and hyperbole, we seem to anoint a new “style icon” on a weekly basis, more often even than we change chancellors of the exchequer. Recently we have bowed down before Harry Styles, who seems to have slept in his grandmother’s laundry basket; Tom Holland, awkward out of his Spider-Man [...]
All the world’s a circus and Donald Trump front and centre again won’t help us

October 17, 2022

To haul him in to answer questions is to play into Trump’s game.
Truss has just about survived the rhetoric melodrama, now for the work

October 10, 2022

Harold Wilson’s maxim that a week is a long time in politics is in danger of becoming a rule for 2022 too. In the last eight days, we have seen the Conservative Party conference take place in Birmingham, the MPs and activists churn themselves into a maelstrom of high drama, and the government abandon its [...]
Truss has no real choice but to stick to her risky pro-growth proposition

October 3, 2022

No one could say that Liz Truss had started her premiership quietly, after the hiatus of mourning the late queen. The chancellor’s “mini-budget” ten days ago was one of the most significant changes of economic policy in a generation. While Kwasi Kwarteng might have hoped for better reviews of his first major outing, he has [...]
Liz Truss wants winning to be as easy as quick cash in voters’ back pockets

September 26, 2022

We often complain that politicians are unwilling to give straight and unambiguous answers. Last week we saw something different: the government was very clear that Friday’s statement to the House of Commons by the new chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, was not—repeat, not—a budget. The name of the so-called fiscal statement, “the Growth Plan”, had a faint [...]
As politics resumes, a cold winter is closing in on Truss’ free market plans

September 20, 2022

We face an autumn and winter of difficult political circumstances, it will take all the new prime minister’s deftness and agility to find a way through.
Charles III: Why he Britain’s King of Style

September 15, 2022

The man we had known for decades as Prince Charles is a stalwart of “best dressed” lists. Now King Charles III, he has played a strong sartorial game in this solemn week, from the dress uniform of a field marshal to his immaculate (but venerable) morning dress. The new monarch has needed an outfit for [...]
King Charles III will need to give the royal family a facelift for a modern era

September 13, 2022

It is easy to feel great sympathy for our new sovereign, King Charles III. It is less than a week since his mother, with whom he had a very close relationship, died at the great age of 96, and there is no time for him to grieve or even adjust. Indeed, in many ways, his [...]
Her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth (1926-2022)

September 11, 2022

Her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II - an enduring symbol of duty and leadership.
Liz Truss should look to former Prime Minister Anthony Eden for style inspiration

September 8, 2022

In case you hadn’t noticed, this week has all been about politics. With Liz Truss settling into The Big Job, old faces will start to fade as a fresh set of leaders jostle for our attention. And of course, the nation will have a critical eye on their sartorial choices. Truss herself has faced a [...]

City law firm Shoosmiths launches Microsoft-led AI tool for junior lawyers

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

Georgia PM’s Starmer outburst over City AM sanctions scoop

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