
Tobias Ellwood: The Government has helped to let Iran, a rogue state, off the leash. It’s time to rein it back in.
We should have supported an extension to the conventional arms embargo at the United Nations in August – and must back sanctions.
Tobias Ellwood is a former Defence Minister, and is MP for Bournemouth East.
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We regularly describe ourselves as a broad church – and correctly so. Any alignment with the Brexit Party would see that width of appeal narrowed.
We must create a positive culture of well-being where discussing a matter of the mind is on par with dealing with a knee injury.
It will take forward further reforms in governance, rule of law and human rights – all areas in which we are already providing support.
Last month, a critical first step was taken to restore stability with an agreement to establish a Government of National Accord.
Military effort. Cutting off finances. Halting recruitment. Stabilising countries and communities. And countering the terrorists’ propaganda machine
It was a notable achievement, in itself, that face-to-face talks took place between the two sides in Syria’s civil war.
Immigration has long played a positive role in our history – it’s the sheer scale of today’s flows that makes things different.