is a former Welsh Guards lieutenant colonel and intelligence analyst for the British government's Joint Intelligence Committee. His book, 7-7: What Went Wrong, was one of the first to be published after the London bombings in July 2005.
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It's too late for an apology from Shakespeare, but at least he should be re-interred with full military honours
Beware Britain's military-media complex, always ready to blow the trumpet for the next war
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As the August 1914 anniversary approaches, there is already a row over how it should be marked
The campaign that has cost the Army 439 lives in Afghanistan was never endorsed by MPs
Military leaders are like BBC execs – near-impossible to sack and without the self-knowledge to step down
Cameron was right to apologise over the Belfast lawyer's murder. But his IRA links were complex
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