With so many displaced people around the world, how can migration to developed countries meet more than a fraction of the global need?
Earlier laxness suggested that ring-fencing DfID was about looking good, rather than doing good.
In 2005, the then 15 members of the European Union agreed to reach a 0.7 per cent aid target by 2015. Apart from us only four EU countries have actually delivered.
Plus: The OBR isn’t needed to audit manifestos. The SNP’s sleight-of-hand on austerity. A lack of debate on healthcare. And: don’t make promises you can’t keep.
I have a recurring nightmare, which I now find has made its way into the real world – the Mediterranean, to be precise.
Much like the Know How Fund in the 1980s, the Good Governance Fund is designed to encourage political and economic reform in Eastern Europe.
So we need to continue to invest heavily in naval equipment – ensuring that it comes into operation, and has the manpower to go with it.
It is in our interests to keep other nations free – they boost our trade and help to keep us safe.
The two battered main parties would do well to speak honestly about the challenges and costs we face.
But the Conservatives need fundamental change.
Diverting an RAF flight to supply specially insulated tents to Erbil before winter would save thousands of lives
We can be proud of our work around the world – but we must persuade voters that it is necessary and well-targeted.
Without any significant understanding of the religious, tribal and political background we will never be able to control terrorism at its sources.
Millions of lives have been saved – and the right approach can save millions more.
I believe the time has come for a broadening in the uses of the aid budget and a critical rethink of the way in which the department operates.