PETER HITCHENS: Ordinary citizens are the ones who need greater protection – not MPs or famous people

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As published by the Daily Mail I know nothing about the death of Ann Widdecombe, and won’t discuss it until after any trial which may result. But I do wish that politicians would not use it as an argument for more security for MPs or public figures. Crime of this kind demands more security for […]

Britain is facing a 1938 moment

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As published in the Telegraph Never in my lifetime has there been a bigger or more necessary shock to the defence strategy of this country than the resignations of both John Healey and his most accomplished and experienced minister of state, Al Carns. When we get past the political smoke, this double blow to the […]

Government needs to get a grip on UK citizens’ private data

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As published by the Times Hundreds of thousands of individuals who volunteered their health records to UK Biobank, a database of British medical records, were informed last week their data was offered for sale on a Chinese website. Large-scale data breaches are becoming frightening in their frequency. Our lives are mediated by ever-expanding flows of […]

MP’s website suffers ‘deliberate’ cyber attack

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As published by the BBC Former Conservative cabinet minister Sir David Davis says his website had to be shut down after a suspected cyber attack. The Goole and Pocklington MP told the House of Commons on Monday evening his website “was hit with 142 million requests, consuming nearly 800 gigabytes (GB) of data” and claimed […]

Trump believes Britain has betrayed the SAS

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As published in the Spectator The Special Air Service (SAS), Special Boat Service (SBS) and other elements of UK Special Forces are held in the highest regard by the Pentagon and by US special operators. British and American special forces have forged a bond of trust over decades with joint high-risk operations and combined training. […]

Passport changes prevent British dual national from visiting dying mother

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As published by the Guardian A British woman living in the Netherlands has told of the “stress upon stress” caused by new Home Office rules that leave her unable to travel to see her 91-year-old dying mother back in England. Annie, who requested her surname was not published, said her British passport expired last Friday […]