Ben Barry
Brigadier (retired) Ben Barry is Associate Fellow, Defence and Military Analysis at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He is the author of The Rise and Fall of the British Army, 1975-2025, published by Osprey.
The decline and fall of the British Army
Our soldiers lack the ammunition, combat supplies and medical support to fight a war
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Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
Britain must not liberalise surrogacy laws
We are already endangering women and girls
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
The asylum seeker will see you now
We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT
Bring back borstals
Antisocial teenagers need structure and discipline before it is too late
