Patrick Mercer
Patrick Mercer is a former MP and British Army colonel
The paper tiger and the Russian bear
NATO’s naive and supine response will not drive Putin’s army from Ukraine and emboldens Moscow still further
Military history is set to repeat itself
In a recession-ridden Britain, another European war seemed unthinkable
The downfall of the podcast-industrial complex
How did some of our finest podcasters get the election so wrong?
The Scullionbait Awards for Reporting Merit
Articles with no opposing quotes, criticism, or trace of so-called “balance”
Sausage to fortune
Vague promises might haunt Starmer more than an embarrassing gaffe
Knife-edge of the Western world
Vilnius is a serene western capital on a critical eastern frontier
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
The British state is failing to protect women
Misogyny, rape and sectarian violence go increasingly unchallenged in the UK
Confessions of a Melbourne Bus-Fare Evader
I am become bus, destroyer of bourgeois class consciousness
The first female President will be Republican
American conservatives are far less averse to assertive women than the political left
Why does the establishment want to harm farms?
The Government expects farmers to act as environmental agents of the state
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy