The events in Kabul this past week provide a severe reality check to Britain’s role in the world – in particular our involvement in international missions that demand the use of military force. We each start from a different background, but have a shared experience in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Balkans, and have reached complementary conclusions about what must be done after this latest retreat from Afghanistan.
Humiliating U-turn for Sturgeon in trans prisoner row
Nicola Sturgeon has been forced to retreat from the decision to send the rapist, Isla Bryson, who is transitioning to be a woman, to a woman’s jail.