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Posts Tagged: Lord Risby

Richard Risby: We must not forget the Tartars as Putin oppresses them in Crimea

Caught between Moscow’s ruthless security forces and a million newly-arrived Russian settlers, the peninsula’s minority population deserves our support.

By Lord Risby | 23 March 2018 | 8 comments

Richard Risby: How Algeria has fought back against Islamist extremism

After a brutal civil war, a national de-radicalisation and reconciliation programme has made great progress.

By Lord Risby | 24 November 2017 | 8 comments

Lord Risby: Syria has suffered for our slowness to strike

So much of the present crisis – and of the intervening suffering – can be traced to our failure to move decisively against Assad two years ago.

By Lord Risby | 23 November 2015 | 26 comments

Conservative MPs shouldn’t sit with Putin’s party in the Council of Europe

There’s a limit to what we can do for Ukraine. But Tories shouldn’t sit side by side with autocrats.

By Paul Goodman | 3 March 2014 | 123 comments

Lord Risby: My memories of Henry Cecil

One of the great joys of being a Suffolk MP for eighteen years was to be able to represent Newmarket… Read more »

13 June 2013

Lord Risby: The dogs barked for the Agricultural Wages Board…but Labour’s caravan stubbornly refused to move on

By Lord Risby A little bit of post-war British history has disappeared into the ether with the abolition of the… Read more »

11 March 2013

The dogs barked for the Agricultural Wages Board…but Labour’s caravan stubbornly refused to move on

By Lord Risby A little bit of post-war British history has disappeared into the ether with the abolition of the… Read more »

8 March 2013

Lord Risby: How Cameron’s use of trade envoys is boosting business for Britain abroad

By Lord Risby If we look at growth projections for Europe overall this year, they are at best anaemic. By… Read more »

7 February 2013

Lord Risby: Never, ever again must Tory differences on Europe pave a way for Labour

By Lord Risby There were several reasons, not least the length of time in office, why the Conservatives lost so… Read more »

25 January 2013

Lord Risby: A single phone call from Moscow to Damascus could topple Assad

By Lord Risby. The most visited sites in Syria outside the cities are the magnificent Roman ruins at Palmyra and… Read more »

11 May 2012

Lord Risby: Economic collapse will finish the Assad regime

We are approaching one year since the uprisings in Syria began.  When it all erupted in Deraa, both President Assad… Read more »

14 March 2012

Lord Risby: Grain, gas, and troubles with corruption – the future of the Ukraine

Lord Risby is Chairman of the British Ukrainian Society Ukraine has not been enjoying favourable publicity of late. The trial… Read more »

9 February 2012

Lord Risby: Egypt waits for the Muslim Brotherhood – a country in suspended animation

Lord Risby has recently returned from a visit to Egypt with the Conservative Middle East Council (CMEC). Tahrir Square has… Read more »

20 January 2012

Lord Risby: Algeria, our surprising new best friend

There are few countries so near to us which have had the gruesome and complex history of Algeria, which this… Read more »

11 January 2012

Lord Risby: I cry for you, Argentina

There is no doubt that incumbent governments in many countries currently have difficulty in securing re-election. A notable exception is… Read more »

21 October 2011 | 8 comments

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