Us foreign policy

The decision to allow Huawei to continue supplying a significant part of the UK’s 5G telecoms network steers a pragmatic course between the acknowledged “high risk” to national security and the need to adopt the new technology for economic reasons. … [Read more...] about The PM has handled his first foreign policy conundrum well

Bruce said that reported unhappiness of nations like France, Spain, Belgium, Denmark and Portugal that the withdrawal agreement did not include a guarantee on access to UK waters did not surprise him. “There are a lot of negotiations still to go and we’ve never been under any illusion that countries like Denmark and Spain were going to play hardball on this. It’s no surprise because our waters are everything to them, and if they can’t get into them, then their fishing industry has a big problem. It was never about stopping EU boats completely, but if we stick to the status quo then that is unforgivable.” … [Read more...] about Fishermen ‘betrayed’ after Brexit talks on policy end in stalemate

Andy Burnham, the defeated Labour leadership contender, told a fringe meeting: “The Labour party has voted for change and it is beholden on everybody in the party to deliver it. Both sides need to take something from each other. We have to accept that the style of politics in recent times – the shallow ‘retail politics’ approach – has left people cold and alienated. But others need to realise that politics cannot be an intellectual pursuit that makes us feel good about ourselves but takes us further from power.” … [Read more...] about Labour moderates warn Corbyn party must be clear on key policies

It pushes the metaphor too far to say that Brexit broke my heart. I was culturally and emotionally attached to the European project and still believe UK involvement has improved this country. It will hurt on Friday night when EU membership ends, but not as much as it hurts when a blocked artery cuts off blood to the left ventricle. Having survived one of those experiences, I am palpably more relaxed facing the other one. It also helps to understand those hearts that will leap at 11pm on 31 January. … [Read more...] about What having a heart attack taught me about Brexit

Some in the US foreign policy and security establishment may distrust the party since Ed Miliband pulled the plug on air strikes against Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, in the parliamentary defeat of the Cameron government in August 2013. Others in Washington, almost certainly including Obama, look back on the vote with mixed feelings. An air campaign is very unlikely to have displaced Assad and the White House would undoubtedly have been blamed for the rise of the Islamic State brand of extremism. … [Read more...] about Labour attempts to exorcise the ghosts of the Iraq war