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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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  • On this day: Profumo proves the cover up is always worse than the crime

    September 26, 2025

    62 years ago today, Lord Denning published his verdict on the Profumo affair – a minor sex scandal made far worse by subsequent lies. What lessons does the ensuing collapse of Harold Macmillan’s government have for politicians today? Asks Eliot Wilson Today in 1963, the Master of the Rolls, Lord Denning, published his 70,000-word report [...]

  • End of Trump’s state visit is no time for Britain to relax

    September 22, 2025

    Donald Trump’s state seemed a success and brought inward investment with it, but steel tariffs are still on the table and political chaos reigns at home, says Eliot Wilson The Eagle has flown. President Donald Trump undertook his unprecedented second state visit to the United Kingdom last week – unprecedented for a US president, anyway, [...]

  • Siddiq, Rayner, Mandelson: Starmer has proven himself a disastrous judge of character

    September 15, 2025

    Angela Rayner and Lord Mandelson are just the latest examples of Starmer's erring judgement when it comes to character, writes Eliot Wilson.

  • Will Trump trip up Nigel Farage?

    September 8, 2025

    Nigel Farage’s open admiration for Donald Trump may boost his profile abroad but risks alienating British voters, for whom Trump remains deeply unpopular, says Eliot Wilson If it is true that there’s no such thing as bad publicity, then Nigel Farage can mark last week down as an unalloyed success. He travelled to Washington DC [...]

  • On this day in 1888: The Football League kicks off

    September 8, 2025

    Today in 1888, Aston Villa came to an anticlimactic 1-1 draw against Wolverhampton Wanderers as the Football League’s first season began.

  • On this day: The worst blazes of the Great Fire of London

    September 4, 2025

    On this day in 1666, the worst blazes of the Great Fire of London engulfed the City. Eliot Wilson tells us more.

  • A Treasury reshuffle on the eve of a Budget is a bad sign for Reeves

    September 1, 2025

    Handing responsibility for the economy to a man who was director of policy for Ed Miliband is a sign of desperation from Rachel Reeves, says Eliot Wilson Every time I see a new announcement from Rachel Reeves at the Treasury now, it puts me in mind of the poet Stevie Smith: “I was much further [...]

  • On This Day: When Britain led the atomic age

    August 27, 2025

    On this day in 1956, Calder Hall became the first nuclear power station to supply domestic electricity, so what went wrong? Asks Eliot Wilson Sixty-nine years ago today, on 27 August 1956, the United Kingdom reached an extraordinary scientific and industrial milestone. Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station near Seascale on the coast of Cumbria was [...]

  • Nostalgia won’t save the steel industry, no matter how hard Labour tries

    August 25, 2025

    As the government takes control of another beleaguered steel works, Eliot Wilson asks what, exactly, the long-term plan is?

  • On this day in 1968: Moscow crushes the Prague Spring

    August 20, 2025

    On this day in 1968, Alexander Dubček's experiments in "socialism with a human face" with the Prague Spring were met by the force of Moscow.

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