White as the Shroud - on the contested frontiers of India, Pakistan and China.

Just in case you thought that helping save Assad in 2013, thus inviting Iran and Putin to crush the Syrian revolution, massively boosting Russian confidence that an invasion of Ukraine would never be opposed by the wets in the west, and then presiding over an industry-destroying

Very rare to see a leader as relaxed in public as Carney is (apart from, er, Trump)

Could I try making the argument that, counterintuitively, the war in Iran is good for international law? I’m kicking around ideas here rather than making a case I completely agree with, but bear with me. International Law is, in fact, political and diplomatic rather than the

Excoriating criticism of @FCDOGovUK & Whitehall from a diplomat who’s just quit h/t @thetimes “It’s this constant focus on the peripheral & cuddly rather than a really relentless focus on the core of what the Foreign Office is meant to be there to do” https://t.co/zpxpyMfG8J

Starmer’s speech last night on foreign policy making it clear Iraq is his lodestar just demonstrates how close his FP politics really is to Corbyn’s. He’s used Johnson’s popular & successful lead on Ukraine as cover but there’s no way he’d have made the same call himself.

Among the Islamic Revolution's first acts in power was to seize the US Embassy in Iran and hold its staff hostage, a statement for all the world of its lawlessness, and then in 1983 the Revolution blew up the US Embassies in Lebanon and Kuwait.

US commander gives update on the war against Iran: - The first 24 hours of US-Israeli strikes was nearly double the scale of the “shock and awe” bombardment of Iraq in 2003 - So far, more than 2,000 Iranian targets have been hit with more than 2,000 munitions - Iranian air

The enemy from within does not see a future as part of the United States; their goal is to undermine its very existence on behalf of foreign countries like the Islamic Republic of Iran & extremist Shia Islam, using religious supremacy & horrendous ideology. This isn't dissent,

David, we all think it’s crazy…

Fair enough. I'll go back to being angry with Richard Hermer, someone I'd never heard of until recently, for helping to cause this row without any democratic accountability whatsoever.

Just to be clear, Starmer’s rich lawyer mates tried to push through a deal in which British taxpayers would pay billions so that US could be guaranteed access to Diego Garcia, and then they denied US access to Diego Garcia. Need some accountability here.

Reminder, the defence budget is £62bn.

I agree. This isn't like being invited to join in the war in Vietnam. Iran has shown how naive Keir Starmer truly is

https://t.co/TED7DEA5PB

“The stupidity of that decision allowing international lawyers of a dubious provenance to determine the national interest of the United Kingdom is a disaster for transatlantic relations.” The special relationship has reached a new low, says @AfNeil.

This takes courage. Marching and chanting slogans in Western streets generally do not.

Britain imports around 60% of the gas we use, and since there is no world price for gas as there is for oil (so we pay roughly three times as much as Americans pay for gas) rising gas prices are bad news for the nation and its government. Now imagine a counterfactual world in

This is excellent International law is not a suicide pact

Well set out and alarming view of UK #Defence options for #Cyprus from @haynesdeborah 👇👇

We have become more dependent on Qatari LNG because of Ed Miliband’s North Sea bans. Our LNG imports went up 42% year on year under Labour’s plans. We’re the only country shutting down our domestic energy supplies. The world is becoming more unsafe, we must change course.