Gwyn Jenkins: 'Russia remains the gravest threat to our security'

Spectator Australia · Lisa Haseldine · Thursday 30 April 2026

Gwyn Jenkins: 'Russia remains the gravest threat to our security'

Britain's First Sea Lord Gwyn Jenkins names Russia as the gravest threat to UK security, even as Trump's Iran campaign enters its third month.

The First Sea Lord says Russia's the gravest threat while Trump's bombing Iran into its third month and the Spectator's running it under a stack of stories about Scottish migrants and OPEC exits. Every admiral in NATO has the same line ready for the same magazines — Jellicoe at least had a fleet to back the rhetoric.

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