What happens now? The strategic implications of the General Election on Britain’s Defence and Security
After the ‘snap’ election – and after a very (unnecessarily?) long 7 week campaign - Theresa May’s parliamentary majority blew up...
Defence & Diplomacy After Brexit: A Diplomat’s View
Veterans for Britain welcomes contributions to the debate from our members. In the first of such contributions, Adrian Hill, a former...
VfB summarises the European Defence Fund
The European Defence Fund provides the EU with its first central defence budget. About 90% of the fund will be placed into ‘defence...
May 17, 2017 Comment
VfB Board Member Sets Out Manifesto Priorities
In an article for The Daily Telegraph, Colonel Richard Kemp, Advisory Board Member of Veterans for Britain, sets out what he believes the...
May 16, 2017 Comment
VfB call for the Government to boost defence spending beyond 2% of GDP
Former commanders of British forces in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Falklands say Europe is endangered by EU leaders’ unwillingness to fully...
Mar 1, 2017 Comment
Veterans for Britain highlights EU Defence Union plans and the risk for the UK
The following is the executive summary of the report written by Maj-Gen Julian Thompson and Dr Lee Rotherham and released on 2 March 2017....
Feb 19, 2017 Comment
Ex-counter terrorism chief: UK in stronger negotiation position if it withdraws from Europol
Richard Walton, the former head of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command SO15, says the UK could leave formal membership of...
Feb 15, 2017 Comment
A Summary of EU Defence Integration Since June 2016
The UK Government has given way to a major power-grab by the EU in defence, despite the UK public’s instruction to leave. Proposals have...
We answer pro-EU MPs’ ‘Brexit for Defence’ questions
Pro-EU Labour politicians have sent 170 ‘Brexit questions’ to the government ahead of an Opposition Day debate in Parliament. The...
Defence & Diplomacy After Brexit: The Need to Know