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Work, pay and welfare
Benefits, pensions, minimum wage, the four-day week. Rewrite the social contract.
Stop selling arms to dictators, it's just wrong and bad for business
My mate Dave’s lad joined the army a few years back, keen as mustard. He ended up doing a tour in Yemen. Saw some awful stuff out there, he told me. Said they were rebuilding schools and hospitals one minute, then saw the aftermath of bombs
Stop Sending Aid to Countries That Don't Even Trade With Us
I was talking to Mrs. Higgins from down the road last week. Her son's in the forces, stationed out in some godforsaken desert I can't even pronounce the name of. He's out there, risking his life, and for what? So we can send millions of pou
Why are we still pretending sanctions actually work? Time for a different tack.
When did we decide that crippling a nation's economy with sanctions was somehow a more effective tool than, say, talking to them? It feels like we’ve been doing this for decades with predictably dismal results, only now with added complexit
Should we really be telling developing countries how to run their economies?
What's the point of giving aid if we attach so many strings that it ends up being more about us than them? We often hand over money with all these conditions about market liberalisation, austerity, and so on, supposedly to make them more 's
Enough With The Grandstanding, Let's Actually Help People Abroad
I was talking to a mate who works for one of those big international aid charities the other day. He was telling me how much of their budget gets eaten up by the administrative costs of setting up new projects, dealing with endless paperwor
Scotland's True North: A Compassionate Home for All
It's genuinely disheartening to see the way some in Westminster talk about people seeking asylum, as if they're a problem to be locked out rather than individuals fleeing unimaginable hardship. As a nation, Scotland has always been a welcom
Securing Our Borders and Making Aid Work for Britain
It’s easy to get caught up in the stories you hear, but we need to remember that foreign policy has to serve our own country’s interests first. We have our own challenges here at home, with stretched services and local communities strugglin
Another Westminster PM, same old story. Wales needs its own voice on the world stage, not just a bystander.
It drives me absolutely mad how we’re constantly told about how this new UK Prime Minister, whoever it happens to be, is viewed by the US or China or whoever else. It’s always about ‘Britain’ or ‘the UK’, and Wales is just presumed to be pa
Let's Not Forget Our Global Neighbours
I was talking to a friend who just got back from volunteering in a refugee camp in Greece and it really made me think about our foreign policy. She was telling me about the families she met and the stories they shared, and it was heartbreak
Less Red Tape, Better Diplomats
Appointing ambassadors and senior diplomatic staff is currently bogged down in layers of bureaucracy and political patronage. We need to streamline this process, not add more committees. The focus should be on meritocracy and efficiency, no
Stop Wasting Our Money Abroad – Focus on Britain and Real Trade, Not Handouts
I was looking at some government figures the other day, as you do, and the sheer amount of money we still send overseas in foreign aid is just staggering. We're talking billions every year, often to countries that don't seem to have our bes
Ditch the US-centric foreign policy already
I'm sick of seeing our government jumping to the tune of the US, it's embarrassing. We're meant to be an independent nation but every time there's a major foreign policy decision to be made, we're always sucking up to the Americans. I've ha
Compassion is Vital, But So Is a Practical Plan for Public Services
It’s easy to talk about compassion from an armchair, but out here on the wards, we see what happens when people are forced to flee their homes. The stories are real, the trauma is real — and these people turn up needing help, right now. The
Diplomats Not Pawns
I've seen my fair share of bureaucracy in the army and now in civvy life, and it's a right old mess. Appointing ambassadors and senior diplomatic staff shouldn't be about who you know, it should be about who's got the skills for the job. Th
Stop Wasting Time on Unaccountable Diplomats
We should introduce a new system of parliamentary approval for all major diplomatic appointments, so we can hold these people to account for their actions. I'm fed up with the idea that some lord or other can just swan off to a fancy emba
Let's Get Serious About Diplomacy, Not Just Patronage
I mostly agree with the sentiment here, but the focus on "accountable diplomats" misses a bigger point. It's not just about who gets appointed to ambassadorships; it's about having a coherent, strategic foreign policy that these diplomats a
UK must prioritize national security loans
I'm getting a bit tired of these loan schemes that seem to benefit everyone but our own country, to be honest. We've got our own issues to deal with, what with the state of our economy and the pressure on our public services. It's all well
Investing in Britain's Future: Strong Schools, Strong Communities
It’s easy to get caught up in talk of global influence when you’re in Westminster, but the reality on the ground for families here in Manchester is very different. My priority, and I suspect most people’s, is ensuring our kids have the best
Let's Get Proper People in Charge of Town Hall Jobs
It’s all well and good talking about diplomats, chuck, but what about the people running things right here in Grimsby? We’ve got council positions that seem to go to whoever’s got the loudest voice or the right mates, not necessarily the on
Sort Grimsby First, Then Worry About World Affairs
Look, I’m not saying we shouldn’t have a strong defence, my dad always said you need to look after your own house. But the idea that we’re supposed to be running around sorting out everyone else’s problems when our own high street is strugg
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