Comment: Labour's Divided Defence
After three days of avoiding difficult and potentially damaging conversations on defence, Labour's fragile peace gave out on the final day ...
James Hirst brings more than 30 years of journalism experience to the award-winning BFBS Sitrep podcast. He’s reported from more than 15 countries, including a total of ten months living and working alongside British troops in Afghanistan. He’s questioned Prime Ministers and NATO Secretaries General in front of the world’s media at NATO summits. Before joining BFBS in 2010 James worked at the BBC, ITN and LBC. He’s been editor of BFBS Sitrep since 2021.
After three days of avoiding difficult and potentially damaging conversations on defence, Labour's fragile peace gave out on the final day ...
There are lots of things for Labour to talk about after the revolutionary election of their new leader, Jeremy Corbyn.Austerity and tax, the ...
The Defence Secretary and Chief of Defence Staff have said claims there could be “mutiny” by senior officers under Labour are ‘completely ...
Maria Eagle MP will be the new Shadow Defence Secretary as Jeremy Corbyn finalises his Shadow Cabinet. According to the website ...
Britain’s refusal to grant asylum to hundreds of Afghan interpreters has been branded wholly unacceptable by a leading group of MPs. The ...
"Going to war creates a legacy of bitterness and problems.
New questions are being raised about Britain’s defence spending by a committee of MPs and a respected think-tank. The Commons Defence ...
The Prime Minister has warned that the situation in Syria will require "hard military force".
The UK would "not hesitate" to launch more secret drone strikes in Syria to thwart potential terror plots according to the Defence Secretary ...
A former cabinet minister has urged David Cameron to consider sending British troops to Syria, to create ‘safe havens’ for refugees. Andrew ...
Pressure is growing on David Cameron to allow more refugees into Britain. Calls have grown across the political spectrum after newspapers ...
Nearly 170,000 people have now signed an online petition calling on the Prime Minister to “Protect ALL Afghan interpreters who served with ...
The Turkish Prime Minister says his country is determined to set up a 'safe zone' just across the border from Turkey, in northern Syria ...
NATO has given Turkey its full backing, at an emergency meeting to discuss the country's action against the so-called Islamic State and ...
NATO will hold emergency talks on Tuesday on tackling the so-called Islamic State… at the request of Turkey. The country began airstrikes in ...
The Ministry of Defence is being instructed to draw up plans to sell off significant portions of its land and real estate assets. The ...