Marcus Roberts
Marcus writes for Left Foot Forward on defence. He is a campaigns consultant and foreign policy analyst. In the 2008 election he was an Obama Volunteer Organiser in Ohio having lost elections on Democratic campaigns in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006.
Report criticises MoD waste and cuts in defence research budget
As the prime minister gives evidence to the Iraq inquiry today, accused by leading military figures of underfunding the armed […]
Labour and Tories not listening to new thinking on defence
Tuesday night's Newsnight defence debate demonstrated the gulf between Labour and the Tories’ steadfast defence of the status quo and the voices for change.
Defence green paper asks right questions even as the Government suggests wrong answers
Today’s defence green paper asks the right questions on the future of defence policy even as Secretary of State Bob Ainsworth gives support to the wrong answers
Brown’s super-carriers are the wrong choice
Gordon Brown's commitment to the construction of new aircraft carriers is good news for defence sector jobs. But it is bad news for the defence budget and strategy.
Pre-emptive or preventive? Has the mask slipped?
Tony Blair today emphasised the long term implications of Saddam's retention of power. This is further evidence that it was a preventive war and not preemptive.
Learning the lessons of the Dems’ defeat in Mass.
The defeat of Democrat Martha Coakley in the bluest of blue states, Massachusetts, for liberal icon Ted Kennedy’s own seat […]