The country’s brief period of Muslim Brotherhood rule was a disaster – for its economy, its security and its society.
“We know that there are people in this country who would love to smuggle an explosive device onto aeroplanes.”
Imagine what our reaction would have been if the world had issued anti-travel advice against London after 7/7.
Plus: The Enemy Within rings me during my LBC programme. Back Hunt – defy the BMA. And: I want to buy Margaret Thatcher’s clothes.
Those protesting against the President’s visit present no viable alternative.
We should not be shy about defending human rights there. But for the country to fall into the hands of jihadist-sheltering Islamists doesn’t bear thinking about.
It can be necessary to kill, in self-defence or war. But to do so after consideration with the potential victim under arrest? It’s an abuse of power.
These brutal and barbaric organisations are poised to assume de facto control of the country, just a few hundred miles across the Mediterranean from the EU.
At the risk of stating the obvious, the targeting of Charlie Hebdo and its staff for murder had nothing whatsoever to do with western foreign policy.
America, Egypt, Pakistan: former allies are finding reasons to distance themselves.