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The below speech was made by the author in the House of Lords on 1 April 2019 in the House of Lords My Lords, in the aftermath of António Guterres’s assertion that Yemen is, “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis”, the International Affairs Committee has provided the House with a succinct, …
Read More »Beersheba, Balfour and the Modern Near East
Today is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Beersheba, now known as Be’er Sheva. A key town in the southern Israeli desert, it formed the flank of the Ottoman-German line during the First World War. For the British Imperial forces who formed the backbone of the Sinai and Palestine …
Read More »A Foreign Policy Plan for Britain
Recent events have sparked much debate about what the UK ‘s role in foreign affairs should be. Brexit has led to a division about how the UK should associate with its European neighbours and the wider world. Russian incursions in eastern Europe, Syria and alleged tampering in foreign elections have restarted …
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