The Foreign Secretary was in Paris to meet his opposite number.
The group’s possession of physical territory offers it money, freedom of action and a propaganda weapon. We should strip it of all three.
In putting down the coup, the strongman of Ankara has gone too far. His nation’s institutions are severely weakened.
“Terrorists do not “win” when the security and intelligence agencies and the police gain new powers to keep the public safe.”
“Perhaps Clooney doesn’t realise there is a difference between pretending to be an elected representative of the people and being one.”
The case for Fox. He will ensure that promotion is based on merit – not upon which dinner party you attend. And he wants a directly-elected Party Chairman.
Here is a people who maintain a firm desire to persist with their finely-balanced political system and build their government’s capability.
Every Muslim member of the Party who discussed the campaign with me understood the messages in this way – as have many, probably most, non-Muslim commentators.
His warm words are all well and good, but they have to be backed up with action.
This is better way of dealing with both migration and the terror threat than the patchwork measures taken so far by the EU.
Another major issue raised by the hostile approach of Baghdad and the virtual collapse of Iraq is whether they can, during the coming years, move towards independence.
“If we’re given a concept of operations that looks dangerous, particularly around the ground element, than the Government could find itself in unnecessary trouble.”
And, just as importantly, can it be held against ISIS and whoever might come after them?
Foreign Office ministers are stuck in the mentality of prioritising geopolitical ploys over a grave humanitarian crisis: this has to change.
Body armour, battlefield medical facilities and the provision of some specialist hospital beds in Birmingham would make a big difference.