Lord Robertson: UK government must go much quicker on boosting defence

At the LDC Investment Forum, lead author of the UK's Strategic Defence Review, a former NATO chief, spelled out that the SDR needs faster implementation…

Nov 28 • 

Iain Martin

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Russian aggression and the cost of being wrong

If Ukraine is forced to settle, the state of European security becomes even more perilous.

Nov 25 • 

Iain Martin

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Scott McTominay and the greatest night in Scottish footballing history

Scotland have qualified for the World Cup. This matters. Well, it matters to some of us.

Nov 19 • 

Iain Martin

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Make Britain rich again

The country needs an economic rethink

Nov 9 • 

Iain Martin

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October 2025

Good lessons from great financial crises

The timing of any crash is hard to predict but reverses are an inevitable part of life in a market economy.

Oct 26 • 

Iain Martin

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Caerphilly by-election earthquake leaves Labour trapped

To grow the economy the government would have to make tough choices voters don’t want to face

Oct 24 • 

Iain Martin

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The West’s bad bet on China is still blowing up

Decades of policy miscalculation have led to interminable discombobulation - for which see the Westminster Chinese spying scandal

Oct 13 • 

Iain Martin

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September 2025

Tech trials and why Britain will be okay, eventually

Gloom pervades the UK. Yet all is not lost.

Sep 27 • 

Iain Martin

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Why statecraft and diplomacy matter

This is Paul Lay's second guest newsletter for Reaction. Iain Martin will be back next week.

Sep 20 • 

Paul Lay

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Japan has mastered ordered liberty

Paul Lay is writing the newsletter this week and next until Iain Martin is back from holiday.

Sep 13 • 

Paul Lay

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How Labour wins, just

Post-Rayner it looks as though Reform is set for a big victory, unless there is a plot twist.

Sep 7 • 

Iain Martin

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August 2025

A Fateful Promise - the enthralling, elegiac, supremely entertaining new novel

Gerald Warner’s new novel is the first in a series of six. It is available direct from the publisher.

Aug 29 • 

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