Euro crisis: Greece nearer to default as 9 EU countries get credit downgraded

(Updated below 15th January) The general agreement is that events in the financial world today (13th January 2012) Continue reading

HMS Daring off to Gulf as UK and USA fail to remember the past

HMS Daring, the first of the new ‘Daring’ class of Clydebuilt Type 45 destroyers Continue reading

Scottish Referendum must ask us three questions

The formative reality in the referendum situation is that, whichever choice it makes, Scotland is in no mood to stand still. Continue reading