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 defence industry shouldn’t expect a gold rush

May 19, 2025

Despite all their talk, Labour's promises won't mean a gold rush for the defence industry, writes Eliot Wilson.
US-UK deal is free trade in name only

May 8, 2025

The newly announced UK-US trade agreement under Trump is a modest, tactical rollback of recent protectionist measures rather than a true free trade deal, aimed more at political optics than economic transformation, says Eliot Wilson Donald Trump advertised last week’s trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom as “full and comprehensive”, a [...]
Amazon row proves Trump’s America is an unreliable partner for business

May 5, 2025

Trump’s overreaction to an unconfirmed story about Amazon including the cost of tariffs on its price labels businesses must now navigate a landscape where loyalty to the President matters more than logic, says Eliot Wilson It started with Punchbowl News. On Tuesday last week, as Donald Trump was marking 100 days in office, the Capitol [...]
Trump’s Gilded Age American dream shows he is no historian

April 28, 2025

You can’t recreate the past in a global economy, yet Trump's Gilded Age fantasy will not abate, writes Eliot Wilson.
The mixed legacy of Pope Francis, the Slum Bishop

April 21, 2025

Catholics looked to the late Pope Francis to address enormous questions about the Church, and he wrestled with many of them, but at his death it seems that he provided definitive answers to very few, says Eliot Wilson Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday aged 88, led the Catholic Church for 12 years. A [...]
After British Steel, what else will the government nab for national security?

April 21, 2025

The potential nationalisation of British Steel in the name of 'national security' must make us ask what the government will justify next, writes Eliot Wilson.
UK-EU summit: To talk defence, Starmer has to talk fishing first

April 14, 2025

Is the EU going to mug off Britain again? It will be our fault, writes Eliot Wilson ahead of the UK-EU summit in London.
British Steel: Why are MPs having an emergency session?

April 12, 2025

Westminster had begun to wind down gently on Friday afternoon. Parliament had concluded its formal business on Tuesday in advance of Easter. The news therefore came as jolt that the Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, had agreed to a request from the government to recall the House of Commons to sit from 11.00 am on Saturday; [...]
To fight Trump’s voodoo economics we must be evangelical about capitalism

April 7, 2025

If we want to fight Trump's voodoo economics, we must appeal to the heart too and remind people why capitalism is worth fighting for.
Signal group chat leak made one thing crystal clear: JD Vance really hates Europe

March 31, 2025

The leaking of a US government group chat showcased one thing in full force: JD Vance's loathing of Europe is driving foreign policy.

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From African safaris to Patagonia skies: how stargazing helped me process grief

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