“Protecting the streets of Britain should not be a task that we are prepared to sub-contract”, argues the Prime Minister.
When British planes fly to Iraq, will they really be doing more than “mowing the grass”?
“It doesn’t look like an organisation that you can deal with. And I’m afraid that if you can’t deal with a threat like that, you have to destroy it.”
Western countries have generally been too dismissive of Arab grievances. If we are to confront Isis, as we must, that has to stop.
As threats emerge from new directions, the alliance needs to prepare for non-traditional ones – and face up to Putin
Though only a small minority still back sending in ground troops.
At Prime Minister’s Questions, a stern statement on ISIS.
The infrastructural and humanitarian crisis facing these dispossessed families is immense: in short, they have lost everything that constituted their lives.
It isn’t just the weather that’s depressing and drab.
Don’t mistake brutality for stupidity – the extremists’ leaders are politically cunning. Understanding that is key to defeating them.
Unlike NATO and the USA, our European allies have proved flaky at best.