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As at January 2010:<ref>[http://www.firstdefence.org/html/who_we_are.html Who We Are], First Defence website, accessed 13 Jan 2010</ref>
 
As at January 2010:<ref>[http://www.firstdefence.org/html/who_we_are.html Who We Are], First Defence website, accessed 13 Jan 2010</ref>
 
*[[Adam Holloway]] Parliamentary Chairman (May 2009-present) <ref> First Defence, [http://www.firstdefence.org/index.html People], accessed 3 January 2011. </ref>
 
*[[Adam Holloway]] Parliamentary Chairman (May 2009-present) <ref> First Defence, [http://www.firstdefence.org/index.html People], accessed 3 January 2011. </ref>
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==People==
  
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As at November 2010:<ref>First Defence [http://www.firstdefence.org/html/who_we_are.html Who we are],''first defence'' accessed 1st November 2010</ref>
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*Rt. Hon. Sir [[Geoffrey Pattie]] President
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*[[Mark Cann]] Treasurer
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*[[Caroline Flynn-MacLeod]] Executive Director
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*[[Mark Prisk]] MP Vice-President
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*[[Nick Watts]] Policy Director
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*[[Adam Holloway]] Parliamentary Chairman
 
==Funders and supporters==
 
==Funders and supporters==
 
As at January 2010 the following companies "support the work of First Defence":<ref>[http://www.firstdefence.org/html/publications.html Publications], First Defence website, accessed 13 Jan 2010 </ref>
 
As at January 2010 the following companies "support the work of First Defence":<ref>[http://www.firstdefence.org/html/publications.html Publications], First Defence website, accessed 13 Jan 2010 </ref>
 
*[[EADS]]
 
*[[EADS]]
 
*[[MBDA]] Missile Systems
 
*[[MBDA]] Missile Systems
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As at November 2010 the following companies support the work of First Defence:<ref>'[http://www.firstdefence.org/html/publications.html Publications]', ''First Defence'' website, accessed 9th November 2010</ref>
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*[[EADS]](European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company)
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*[[MBDA]] Matra BAE Dynamics Alenia
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==Activities==
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First Defence Activities
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*[[Activities]]
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==Recent Events==
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Recent Events by First Defence
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*[[Recent Events]]
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==First Defence Documents==
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Documents published by First Defence
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*[[First Defence Documents]]
  
 
==Address==
 
==Address==

Revision as of 09:25, 4 January 2011

First Defence is a right wing defence think tank. It describes itself as:

a policy group of practical thinkers whose purpose is to put national defence and security back at the top of the political agenda.[1]

Activities

Adam Holloway, MP, a member of the Defence Select Committee, has written a paper, "The Failure of British Political and Military Leadership in Iraq", which is downloadable from the First Defence website.[2] The paper is a critique of the process by which Tony Blair took the UK into war with Iraq and the post-invasion policies.

People

As at October 2007:[3]

As at January 2010:[4]

People

As at November 2010:[6]

Funders and supporters

As at January 2010 the following companies "support the work of First Defence":[7]

As at November 2010 the following companies support the work of First Defence:[8]

  • EADS(European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company)
  • MBDA Matra BAE Dynamics Alenia

Activities

First Defence Activities

Recent Events

Recent Events by First Defence

First Defence Documents

Documents published by First Defence

Address

45, Great Peter Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3LT

Notes

  1. First Defence, First Defence website, accessed 13 Jan 2010
  2. The Failure of British Political and Military Leadership in Iraq, First Defence website, accessed 12 Jan 2010
  3. First Defence Who we are, accessed 23 October 2007
  4. Who We Are, First Defence website, accessed 13 Jan 2010
  5. First Defence, People, accessed 3 January 2011.
  6. First Defence Who we are,first defence accessed 1st November 2010
  7. Publications, First Defence website, accessed 13 Jan 2010
  8. 'Publications', First Defence website, accessed 9th November 2010