Today’s Defence Questions showed how hard Emily Thornberry’s job will be
Emily Thornberry is a competent Commons performer. Her questions are clear and precise and, in her first Defence…
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Progressive and internationalist Labour policy – this is what I’ll be looking for from our Defence review
As a party, the safety and security of the British people must always be our first priority. And…
Ken Livingstone suggests Defence review could fast-track Trident decision
Ken Livingstone, co-convenor of Labour Defence policy review, has suggested that a new position on Trident could be…
Corbyn hints at possibility of online vote over Trident policy
Jeremy Corbyn has said that he and deputy leader Tom Watson are looking into “digital ways of involving…
Labour deny putting support for NATO membership under review
Labour have been forced to deny they will be reviewing their support for the UK’s membership of NTO…
Ken Livingstone lands role co-convening Labour’s defence policy review
Ken Livingstone will co-convene Labour’s review into defence policy, it emerged last night. Livingstone is a strong ally…
What did we learn from Scottish Labour’s Trident vote?
A lot of excitement has been generated about the Scottish Labour Conference deciding to vote against Trident replacement.…
Scottish Labour conference will debate Trident
Both Constituency Labour Party (CLP) and trade union sections have voted to debate Trident renewal in today’s priority…
Trident renewal could come to Labour conference vote
Whether the Trident nuclear defence system should be renewed could come up for debate at Labour conference in…
The Government may have pledged to spend 2% of GDP on Defence, but the devil is in the detail
Very few expected any of the headlines generated by this week’s Budget to focus on Defence. But let…
