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We have a fascinating and candid interview with Tony Radakin who was head of the armed forces 2021-2025.
Covers decisions on Ukraine, the lessons from the UK, the threat from Russia, defence spending and the disaster of military procurement.
samf.substack.com/p/when-rus…
Sam Freedman retweeted
Honestly what is the Steel Man argument for a process that is so bad we have an entirely separate process for when we really, actually want to do something?
The difference in the speed between our procurement process to buy weapons for Ukraine and our own weapons, is extraordinary...
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Today we have the second part of our very candid interview with Tony Radakin, who ran the UK armed forced 2021-2025.
He talks about how we got into a mess over defence spending, why John Healey resigned, and how to fix military procurement.
samf.substack.com/p/whitehal…
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Today we have the second part of our very candid interview with Tony Radakin, who ran the UK armed forced 2021-2025.
He talks about how we got into a mess over defence spending, why John Healey resigned, and how to fix military procurement.
samf.substack.com/p/whitehal…
Part one is here:
xitter.cf/Samfr/status/211466044…
New post:
We have a fascinating and candid interview with Tony Radakin who was head of the armed forces 2021-2025.
Covers decisions on Ukraine, the lessons from the UK, the threat from Russia, defence spending and the disaster of military procurement.
samf.substack.com/p/when-rus…
Sam Freedman retweeted
So many interesting nuggets like this on the weeks before Russia's invasion when the UK was trying to assess their plans to defend themselves.
New post:
We have a fascinating and candid interview with Tony Radakin who was head of the armed forces 2021-2025.
Covers decisions on Ukraine, the lessons from the UK, the threat from Russia, defence spending and the disaster of military procurement.
samf.substack.com/p/when-rus…
Sam Freedman retweeted
Stimulating read.
New post:
We have a fascinating and candid interview with Tony Radakin who was head of the armed forces 2021-2025.
Covers decisions on Ukraine, the lessons from the UK, the threat from Russia, defence spending and the disaster of military procurement.
samf.substack.com/p/when-rus…
So many interesting nuggets like this on the weeks before Russia's invasion when the UK was trying to assess their plans to defend themselves.
New post:
We have a fascinating and candid interview with Tony Radakin who was head of the armed forces 2021-2025.
Covers decisions on Ukraine, the lessons from the UK, the threat from Russia, defence spending and the disaster of military procurement.
samf.substack.com/p/when-rus…
There's so much in there we've split it into two parts. Today's focuses on Ukraine, Russia and the lessons for the UK. Tomorrow is on spending and procurement.
Sam Freedman retweeted
And @LawDavF wrote about Trump's latest deeply unhelpful intervention in Ukraine, what damage it has done, and the role the Europeans should be playing.
samf.substack.com/p/ukraine-…
Sam Freedman retweeted
This week on the substack...
I wrote about the European radical right in power, and what that tells us about how a Marine Le Pen presidency would play out.
samf.substack.com/p/the-stra…
This week on the substack...
I wrote about the European radical right in power, and what that tells us about how a Marine Le Pen presidency would play out.
samf.substack.com/p/the-stra…
And @LawDavF wrote about Trump's latest deeply unhelpful intervention in Ukraine, what damage it has done, and the role the Europeans should be playing.
samf.substack.com/p/ukraine-…
And we had a guest post with exclusive polling on how views of AI are affecting voting behaviour on both sides of the Atlantic.
samf.substack.com/p/ai-as-th…
Sam Freedman retweeted
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Trump has again intervened in the Ukraine war on the wrong side.
How much difference is it making? What can Europe and Ukraine do to counteract?
samf.substack.com/p/ukraine-…
Sam Freedman retweeted
It would be nice if the most powerful man in the world wasn't completely delusional.
New post from @LawDavF
Trump has again intervened in the Ukraine war on the wrong side.
How much difference is it making? What can Europe and Ukraine do to counteract?
samf.substack.com/p/ukraine-…
It would be nice if the most powerful man in the world wasn't completely delusional.
New post from @LawDavF
Trump has again intervened in the Ukraine war on the wrong side.
How much difference is it making? What can Europe and Ukraine do to counteract?
samf.substack.com/p/ukraine-…
Sam Freedman retweeted
My latest post attempts to make sense of a difficult time in US-Ukraine relations, in which the dysfunctions of the Trump administration were on full display. Trump’s claims that Putin was ready to make concessions was shown again to be make-believe. (£/free trial) samf.substack.com/p/ukraine-…?
New post from @LawDavF
Trump has again intervened in the Ukraine war on the wrong side.
How much difference is it making? What can Europe and Ukraine do to counteract?
samf.substack.com/p/ukraine-…