‘Standing up to power is not optional when politically uncomfortable. It’s essential’
Air strikes in Nigeria. Escalating threats against Iran. And now, following months of military build-up in the Caribbean,…
Robin Cook
Remembering Robin Cook: ‘A Scottish Labour giant whose vision still resonates’
This week marks twenty years since the untimely passing of Robin Cook, one of the finest parliamentarians our…
Labour warned ‘ethical foreign policy’ inevitably sparks charge of ‘hypocrisy’
Labour risks “accusations of hypocrisy” if it claims to be pursuing an “ethical foreign policy”, a leading academic…
‘Labour needs more excitement and hope to motivate voters – look at 1997’
Speaking recently Claire Ainsley, Labour’s former Policy Director whose seminal book “The New Working Class” identified the voters…
“I thought the war was wrong”: Parmjit Dhanda on his decision to rebel on Iraq
This piece was originally published on LabourList in March 2013 to mark the ten-year anniversary of the vote…
To make Britain a force for good, I’d introduce the Robin Cook Act
When I first stood for Islington South and Finsbury – the Lib Dems’ number one target seat in…
Denis MacShane: How Labour can square the circle on Brexit and immigration
I am spending too much of my life explaining to comrades in sister parties in other countries where…
Corbyn: I am not a pacifist
Jeremy Corbyn today aims to return Labour to Robin Cook’s “ethical foreign policy” as he tries to shore up…
Chilcot Report: LIVEBLOG
Today the Chilcot report will be released. It is the outcome of a seven-year long inquiry into the…
“The threshold for war should always be high.” – Robin Cook’s resignation speech over the Iraq War
In 2003, Robin Cook resigned from Tony Blair’s shadow cabinet over his Government’s failure to secure international support for the Iraq…
