Such a move would damage the levelling-up agenda, dampen economic growth locally and nationally, and weaken the UK’s soft power abroad.
In financial sanctions and diplomatic recognition, the West has the tools to drive change in Kabul this International Women’s Day.
The country, which had made significant progress in its religious freedom policy, is under threat from military forces.
The issue deeply affects hundreds of thousands of people a year, across every constituency, every local authority, every city and town.
The Government won the division during yesterday’s consideration of the Trade Bill by 18 votes.
When asked for it, the three MPs presented none. The reason is simple: this supposedly sinister entryist army does not exist.
That the MP for Corby feels able to accept an office vacated over opposition to Chequers illustrates division amongst the Brexiteers.
Meanwhile Corbyn dismayed his own side by going on for far too long and refusing to take any interventions.
He’s in auto-rebellion mode – and like it or not it’s something he is good at.
The stability of Syria, and any hope for wider peace in the region, depend upon the removal of this dictator.
By attaching special, frightening labels to criminal acts, we are putting propaganda tools into the hands of our enemies.
The so-called ‘Islamic State’ is neither of those things. It is time to adopt a title that better describes them, and their victims and neighbours offer some suggestions.
Rehman Chishti believes the vote was a mistake, but a recent trip to Washington showed me otherwise.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of establishing the Kuwait Investment Office in London. The sovereign fund was founded in 1953 in London, 8 years predating the independence of Kuwait (1961), as a far-sighted vision to create the world’s first sovereign wealth fund.