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8 Months gone and still no plan
8 Months gone and still no plan
Tomorrow is the beginning of the 9th month since our Parliament, led by David Cameron and Michael Fallon (Secretary of State for Defence) debated and then voted for the RAF to be allowed to drop British bombs in Syria. At the time (2nd December 2015) these two men along with many other members of the Government spoke of the urgency to agree this permission. Others, thankfully spoke out and as…
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Inconsistent and damaging arguments
Inconsistent and damaging arguments - and a clear absence of leadership
This week as PanamaGate has been unravelling, several of David Camerons Cabinet colleagues have tried to explain his actions and they seem to have created a bit of a mess. It may have been that people like Nick Boles and Michael Fallon along with one or two others have been thinking on their feet, or worse still it could be that they are passing out an agreed set of arguments that don’t really…
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The need for a proper Syrian strategy
The need for a proper Syrian strategy - we need a different approach
In the last two years since David Cameron first recalled Parliament to debate military intervention in Syria, there does not appear to have been any progress made by our Government in its strategy for addressing the crisis between President Assad and his opponents including IS. The crisis is deep and complex and there are no easy solutions, however it is far from clear what has happened in those…
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Its time for accountability
Its time for accountability - our Government must call for answers
This image of the Hospital in Kunduz from yesterday looks no different to the ruins of many 1000’s of buildings destroyed in Afghanistan over the last 15 years. That the building was destroyed by American bombs is also not remarkable, although perhaps the fact that this was a Hospital until yesterday does bring that sentence into question. We don’t expect the power and might of our most powerful…
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We need a credible Parliament
We need a credible Parliament - and it seems clear we don't have one!
The news this morning carried two very disconnected stories both of which point towards a common problem, that our Parliament operates in a manner that places our reputation as a world power at serious risk. The discussion yesterday in Parliament included a debate on Badgers, cattle and Hedgehogs. It is unclear from the recording I heard what the 650 MPs were meant to be discussing. However we…
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Whose money is it?
Whose money is it? Our Prime Minister thinks public money belongs to him!
On Monday in the House of Commons following the announcements from the Prime Minister over providing sanctuary for 20,000 refugees over five years and a drone strike in Syria, there was a two hour debate which Michael Fallon later described as the PM making himself accountable to Parliament over these decisions. Sadly this was not an ironic comment, showing how little either man understands about…
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UK Arms Kurds For Further War And Bloodshed
UK Arms Kurds For Further War And Bloodshed
At the request of the government of Iraq to provide urgent military support, the UK will supply heavy machine guns and nearly half-a-million rounds of ammunition. This will give the Kurdish Peshmerga forces additional firepower in order to help them defend the front line, protect civilians and push back ISIL advances.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said:
ISIL militants are guilty of shocking…
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