You may not like what Dubai has to offer, but don’t tarnish those who do with the brush of ‘tax exiles’ and ‘washed-up old footballers’. If we were able to attract their like and their ambition, instead of scaring them away, we would all feel the benefits.
Starmer has become trapped in a confused world of his own making. He’s accepted an interpretation of international law which aids dictators over democracies. He’s alienating our closest ally whilst trying to appease Labour’s electoral base as well as its MPs.
A major Western government negotiating with the Taliban gives jihadist organisations around the world a massive psychological victory. What would they want in return? First, formal diplomatic recognition by the UK. Secondly – money and aid.
Two decades of extremely expensive nation-building collapsed before Britain and the US could even leave the airport.
To the voter the message is clear: the party has learnt nothing. It still cannot be trusted to deliver what voters, supporters and members expect it to deliver. It remains internally riven by an ideological divide.
The ‘special relationship’ has historically been a real alliance based on common values and mutual respect. The President has torn it up, and British politicians must adapt.
Trump just wants to stop spending in Europe – like he wanted to stop spending in Afghanistan, and he doesn’t care who he throws under the bus. Although Starmer got good publicity for his Washington trip he achieved no security guarantees for Ukraine.
We must retrieve the torch and advocate for ‘Peace Through Strength.’ Providing a compelling answer surrounding its past success and explaining the ramifications on people’s lives if we get this wrong will bring people towards our side.
Even if we felt not an ounce of moral responsibility for people beyond Britain’s shores, we should care about our national interest.
When the moment came to show he had international support, Trump cited Viktor Orbán. That’s not much of a surprise, since Orbán has been positioning himself for some time as the only European leader who could talk to Trump.
Four, deep-rooted currents in are carving out space for movements which seek to prioritise the interests, the culture, the values, and the ways of life of the majority group against what they see as self-interested, corrupt, narcissistic, and incompetent elites.
When I raised these issues in the summer of last year, I was shouted down. But MPs should be encouraged to show political curiosity, share their passion and advance and test current thinking.
They have grown up in a cultural milieu that denigrates Britain’s culture and history to the point that the idea it is even worthy of respect – never mind dying for – is ridiculous.
The Hamas support network in the UK is entrenched. But the wider network is also comprised of those who – wittingly or unwittingly – bolster Hamas’s narratives by framing their acts as merely ‘resistance’.
He, like many of his Labour colleagues, is ideologically committed to mass migration. When inconvenient facts undermine his assumptions, he tries to stop those facts from being reported.