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The first priority of a government is defence of the realm, protecting the public from threats at home and abroad. In order to achieve, this maintaining an effective army, navy and airforce is essential. Britain currently faces two major threats: first is the rise of...

Malala Yousafzai recently told Barack Obama that drone attacks are fuelling terrorism in Pakistan. There are few people more opposed to the Taliban than Malala. They tried to deny her an education, and then they tried to take her life. So when she says drone strikes...

Human rights are core Labour values, rooted in equality, universality, and solidarity. Together with a group of other Labour activists, I have formed the Labour Campaign for Human Rights. Our aim is to champion a Labour vision for human rights as we head into the next...

No area of the last Labour government’s foreign policy created deeper divisions among progressives than Tony Blair’s willingness to stand shoulder to shoulder with President Bush. How to use and maintain No 10’s privileged access to the White House was, in many ways,...