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…
Robin Cook
‘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…
