Gary Blackburn
Dr Gary Blackburn is an honorary fellow of the Centre for Security Studies at the University of Hull. Gary has taught Security Studies and Military History at the Universities of Leeds and Hull, respectively. @gjb70 https://twitter.com/gjb70
Realism and realities
What theory of geopolitics does the Integrated Review serve?
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
The truth about the “Quiet Revival”
Churches have been growing in Britain — just not all of them
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
