Autumn Address - Supporting Civilian Authority: What Role for the Military?

For many people today, one important role for the armed forces is to support civilian authorities in time of crisis - industrial action, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and high profile international events like the Olympics. Indeed, in the wake of the recent riots, questions have been raised about whether the army should have been called in to keep order. When and how should the armed forces support civil authorities? What can they achieve?

On the evening of Monday, 17th October, Nick Harvey MP, Minister of State for the Armed Forces, gave Politeia's Autumn Address to discuss these issues.

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The Defenestration of Stephen Hester: What Now for the RBS?

writes David B. Smith

Friday 14th June: Stephen Hester may be leaving RBS: but the problems with which the Chancellor must grapple are of a different order. Large banks, be they public or private, avoid the discipline of competition. When it comes to the RBS, even a monolithic ‘good’ bank would be too large on normal competition grounds. RBS should therefore be brought to market as a series of small retail banks.

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