Labour: Johnny Mercer must withdraw ‘deeply disrespectful’ claims questioning Fred Thomas’ military service
Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey has urged Johnny Mercer to withdraw “deeply disrespectful” claims he made about his…
Royal Navy
Kevan Jones: Fallon’s confusion over Navy boats shows Treasury takeover of MoD
After two years of delay the defence secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, yesterday finally announced the government’s national shipbuilding…
Tories’ defence con is as bad as Boris’ Brexit claims, writes Labour Navy veteran
Ahead of the general election I wrote in LabourList about how vital it was that we move the…
Labour must make clear that the Tories have cut the Armed Forces to the bone, writes former Navy commodore
Defence has always been a difficult issue for Labour to talk about. But lately it’s been more difficult…
Tories have failed to answer questions on Trident boats – Emily Thornberry speech
This is the speech given by shadow Defence Secretary Emily Thornberry on the Successor programme at the Royal…
Police and crime commissioners can cut crime – so let’s overcome the apathy
Following selection as the Labour candidate for police and crime commissioner for Devon and Cornwall in February 2016 I…
Labour – a party for the Armed Forces
When Labour’s great reforming government took office in 1945, Clement Atlee led a Cabinet that contained several veterans…
