Snap guide to this session’s Government legislation 14) National Insurance Contributions Bill
Our introduction to: what each Bill is, the politics of it, who’s responsible, arguments for and against – and a controversy rating out of ten.
Posts Tagged: Armed Forces
Sarah Ingham: In these woke-not-bloke days, the military’s main mission is being increasingly overlooked
Those in power seem to actively dislike the culture which has made Britain’s forces globally respected.
William Hall: Why ministers must press on to bed the Armed Forces Covenant into all areas of public life
The Government has made great progress since 2010, but military and ex-military personnel still face a postcode lottery for proper treatment.
Ed McGuinness: Afghanistan – and the changes that should now be made to better support our veterans
There has been a hugely positive change in mindset when it comes to soldiers’ mental and physical health. Now we need to do more.
Robert Halfon: America has abandoned the Afghans. But we must stick with the Kurds.
My great fear is that isolationism on the left and right could take root. And not all interventions have been disastrous – let alone about imposing our values.
WATCH: “They did not flinch. They kept calm. They got on with the job.” – Johnson’s Afghanistan address
“We will use every lever we have – political, economic, diplomatic – to help the people of Afghanistan and to protect our own country from harm.”
Ex-servicemen enrich the Commons, but we should beware giving their views special status on matters of war
“Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.”
WATCH: Bridgen says if US won’t help get coalition personnel out, the UK may need to deploy more troops
“What I’m hearing is the moment the Americans have got who they want out of Kabul, they’ll be pulling their troops out. That is unacceptable.”
WATCH: Tugendhat – ‘This doesn’t have to be defeat, but at the moment it damn well feels like it’
He warns against “the forever war, which has just reignited”, and recounts his experiences on the ground as a soldier.
Alistair Lexden: Remembering Sir Henry Wilson, the MP the IRA assassinated – and the Commons forgot
This soldier and statesmen deserves the memorial shield in Parliament that is now customary for Members killed in the line of duty.
The new amnesty on Troubles prosecutions is not really about Northern Ireland at all
It arises from a campaign to protect ex-servicemen which has nothing to do with the particular circumstances of the Province.
Snap guide to this session’s Government legislation 4) The Armed Forces Bill
Our introduction to: what each Bill is, the politics of it, who’s responsible, arguments for and against – and a controversy rating out of ten.
WATCH: Mercer – “We have a duty to these guys as a nation – I’m going to see it through”
The former Veterans Minister discusses support for veterans, his frustrations with politics, Cummings, extremism in the Armed Forces and more.
Henry Hill: Dowden must resist the SNP’s Eurovision power-grab – and force the BBC to up its game
The UK competes as itself too rarely to allow the Corporation’s complacency to let Britain down. Time to bring some Olympic focus.
John Baron: When our troops depart Afghanistan, they leave the dream of liberal intervention behind
It was foolish to allow realistic and limited objectives to be overtaken by utopian nation-building.