Also: For the first time in twelve years, the terror threat level in Northern Ireland has fallen.
The decision to drop an approach maintained by both parties since 1979 could put British nationals overseas at risk.
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While Muslims here feel comfortably British, French Muslims must conceal their religious convictions to be respectable citizens.
Policymakers should be asking themselves whose quality of life worsens thanks to the current unplanned mess.
Experience suggests that killers motivated by Islamist extremism seldom act outside terrorist networks.
Truss must ensure Britain remains a global leader in development, as well as in defence and diplomacy.
It is time to consider some sort of international stabilisation and counter-terrorist organisation.
“These guys had the capability to hijack four passenger planes and have trained pilots. They could have taken out Canary Wharf and the Palace of Westminster.”
More than seven in ten of our panellists think special forces operations targeting terrorist bases are the correct way to respond to a future attack.
“We will use every lever we have – political, economic, diplomatic – to help the people of Afghanistan and to protect our own country from harm.”
Ellwood adds: “This is a humiliating strategic defeat for the West. The Taliban now control more of Afghanistan than they did before 9/11.”
This soldier and statesmen deserves the memorial shield in Parliament that is now customary for Members killed in the line of duty.
We must learn the lesson that appeasing belligerent regional powers never pays off in the long run.