Latest editorial
FEMALE and ethnic minority troops are far more likely to complain about bullying in the military in a system that is not adequate for handling concerns, MPs are warning in a report published today.
Women account for 11 per cent of the military’s staff but filed 23 per cent of grievances last year.
Complaints by troops of Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) origins were also “disproportionately high,” Parliament’s defence committee has found.
The defence secretary’s resignation reveals not a split over principle but a dispute over pace of military spending, as Britain’s political Establishment unites behind deeper Nato commitments, argues NICK WRIGHT
Outrage greeted Donald Trump’s suggestion earlier this year that Britain stayed off the front lines. But evidence suggests our forces were at times pulled from the most dangerous fighting — not by military failure, but by pressure at home, says IAN SINCLAIR
As the government quietly upgrades the role of Britain’s special forces, their growing global footprint and near-total exemption from democratic oversight should alarm us all, says ROGER McKENZIE
Beatrice Pompe and Bernadette Dugasse have submitted a UN complaint against Labour’s deal with Mauritius, highlighting how exclusion from ancestral lands is denying their right of return and justice for historical abuses, reports ELIZABETH MISTRY