The lesson is not that military intervention never works – it is that it will fail strategically without proper reconstruction.
If required, Britain’s removal, temporarily, from the European Court of Human Rights when forces are sent into conflict may be necessary.
Victory and peace abroad cannot be won by trying to bomb your enemies into submission.
The way to defeat a bad idea is with a better idea – we should be more confident in our model of society.
The floods minister had an adventurous early life, and is seen as a future Foreign Secretary, but how long can he bear Establishment life?
Wednesday’s events in the Commons have laid to rest the ghost of the Iraq War.
The Archbishops of Canterbury and Westminster endorsed the Government ahead of last night’s vote. Is the persecution of their faith the reason?
We must not send the message that if you kill 240,000 in Syria, you get away with it, but if you kill 140 in France then you’re in trouble.
Hansard’s account of the opening of today’s debate on extending military action against ISIS.
Cameron offered a convincingly modest justification for bombing ISIS in Syria: to do so is not perfect, but is better than sitting things out.
A visit to Kurdistan reveals the realities and the myths about the current conflict.
The SAS veteran meets the men and women fighting on the front line.
Why is the Government allowing itself to be bullied into accepting this baseless policy by civil servants?