“International action is vital” – Douglas Alexander makes statement on Iraq crisis
Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander has made his first statement on the crisis in northern Iraq, where…
Intervention
We cannot abandon Iraq to the black flag of ISIS – Parliament must be recalled
The Islamic State’s domestic invasion of Iraq poses a threat of historic proportions to the security of the…
If Blair were able to accept responsibility – his case would be far stronger
In America, they have something called the Pottery Barn Rule – “you broke it, you own it”. Over…
Who killed interventionism?
Tony Blair’s recent speech to Bloomberg in London has reawakened the time-honoured debate about interventionism, and the extent…
A more isolationist Britain would end up repeating the mistakes of Rwanda 20 years ago
20 years ago this week, a genocide began in Rwanda that killed over 800,000 people. It took only…
One day we will look back and regret not intervening in Syria earlier
In the deep recesses of Britain’s security services, a debate is taking place on exactly how many British…
5 things we learned in 2013
By Mark Ferguson and Marcus Roberts In only a few hours the clock will strike midnight and the…
PMQs Verdict: Syria, Redux
The two leaders may have been sat opposite each other today for the first PMQs of the year,…
How new is Jim Murphy’s approach to military intervention?
Even prior to delivery, Jim Murphy’s speech on why the UK needs a new model of preventative intervention,…
