“There is a real threat of invasion, but we don’t know what’s going to happen”, says the Foreign Secretary.
“What I’m hearing is the moment the Americans have got who they want out of Kabul, they’ll be pulling their troops out. That is unacceptable.”
Ellwood adds: “This is a humiliating strategic defeat for the West. The Taliban now control more of Afghanistan than they did before 9/11.”
“The chaotic, ghastly departure… the helicopters shipping people out, says terrible things about the values we hold and those who we wish to protect”.
He warns against “the forever war, which has just reignited”, and recounts his experiences on the ground as a soldier.
My grandad was born and raised in Jamaica. He went on to fight for Britain in the Second World War. He’s the reason I’m here today.
The dismay the electorate showed for them last is being ignored. That makes it much harder for whoever becomes the Leader of the Opposition to establish any credibility.
Our columnist goes behind the scenes in the White House, as fly on the wall of the Oval Office.
“Were we to have come to Parliament to say ‘this is what our intentions are’, then not only Syria but Russia itself would have responded as well.”
As well as punishing the use of chemical weapons, “we are seeking to hold Assad to account at the UN Security Council…despite the fact that he is protected by Russia”.
“We have been here before, when we have not had clear evidence about weapons of mass destruction.”
“People around the world are looking now and saying ‘finally, someone stood up against that’, and the world said ‘enough’ to the use of such weapons.”
With over 1,000 responses in, the Tory grassroots appear to believe that May would be right to abandon Blair’s precedent and act on the royal prerogative.
The UK could set a lead by announcing that it will dedicate a fixed or minimum percentage of the aid budget to fighting sexual and gender based violence.
Iran, accustomed to artful brinksmanship and operational deniability, and equipped with an experienced cyber army, may take its revenge online.