He’s General Min Aung Hlaing, the army’s Commander-in-Chief. Now is the time for sanctions that target the military.
We could give in to the leftist, isolationist Little England vision of a reclusive UK. Alternatively, we could make Global Britain a reality.
It was promised “in our first year”. Instead, there will be mini-commissions, and a push to reform a Government bugbear: judicial review.
Britons were told the country would be leaving the dangerous European Arrest Warrant system, but its replacement looks suspiciously similar.
As a Party, we should hold out a helping hand to all those who still face the difficulties of daily life – who still cannot be their authentic selves.
One principle would stop us being seen as a soft touch for crime: care for the abused properly, and they will help dismantle the gangs.
There is further to go – but we can be proud of what the Foreign Secretary has already delivered.
The amendment to the Immigration Bill will be an opportunity to gauge the Party’s willingness to respect the liberties of the most excluded.
These proposed changes suggest that Ministers’ resolve to address this type of abortion is weakening and, in Northern Ireland, evaporating.
The ideas of that decade are still with us, staggering around like a zombie in a garish “Global Hypercolor” t-shirt.
It’s striking that three Tory ethnic minority Ministers – first Badenoch; then Patel, and now Sunak – have sounded clearer-headed than some of their colleagues.
Getting the economy moving won’t even begin to give the Government political momentum. It will need to conduct its own Fairness Audit.
“But I must also say that we are in a time of national trial…we can’t now let the virus get out of control.”
But these demonstrations, which cannot uphold social distancing, will have a catastrophic impact on our collective fight against the virus.
It is not a substitute for justice, but it would be a welcome addition to how the UK responds to the most serious violations.