Mark Newbury highlights the lack of support for refugees, David Beswick writes of the mismanagement of Afghanistan evacuations and Dr Richard Carter draws attention to the UK’s diminishing influenceNesrine Malik’s excellent article (For Afghan refugees…
With the US becoming a less reliable ally, Britain needs to make friends in Europe | Andrew Rawnsley
Britain urgently needs to repair its relations with its neighbours but Boris Johnson’s government is singularly ill-equipped to do soAfter the rout, the recriminations. British fingers furiously jab at the Americans for a shaming scuttle from Kabul tha…
Senior Tory demands end to ‘unseemly’ Cabinet row over Afghan crisis
Tobias Ellwood, chair of the defence select committee, says spats are damaging the UK’s global standingBritain must rediscover the will to lead on global issues | Tobias EllwoodA senior Conservative MP is demanding an immediate end to the “unseemly and…
UK defence secretary suggests US is no longer a superpower
Ben Wallace also contrasts his department’s handling of Afghanistan crisis with Foreign Office responseBen Wallace, Britain’s defence secretary, suggested the US could no longer be considered a superpower in an interview where he also contrasted his de…
Dominic Raab hits back at defence secretary’s Afghanistan remarks
Labour calls for an end to ‘unseemly infighting at the top of government’ after response to Ben WallaceDominic Raab has hit back at his cabinet colleague Ben Wallace’s assertion that he knew the “game was up” in Afghanistan by July, escalating the tens…
Raab’s Afghan debacle is turning into a competence issue for the whole government | Katy Balls
The foreign and defence secretaries openly squabbling over what went wrong is a sign of dysfunction in Johnson’s cabinetDominic Raab’s appearance before the foreign affairs select committee was more notable for what he didn’t say than what he did. Afte…
Afghanistan: MPs to quiz Dominic Raab over ‘worst crisis since Suez’
Foreign secretary faces grilling as Labour says he ‘had 18 months to prepare but was missing in action’Dominic Raab faces a grilling over what has been described as “the biggest failure of foreign policy in a generation” on Wednesday, as the government…
UK nationals of Afghan origin being overlooked in Kabul airlift, claim lawyers
Most single nationality Britons now evacuated but some with dual citizenship say they are being given lower priorityAfghanistan: live updatesBritish nationals of Afghan origin are being overlooked in the evacuation from Kabul, lawyers and campaigners h…
US special relationship still alive after Afghan evacuation, says Dominic Raab
Foreign secretary also says that ‘with hindsight’ he should not have been on holiday during Taliban takeoverAfghanistan withdrawal: live updatesBritain’s failure to persuade the US to extend the evacuation from Afghanistan into September does not mean …
Johnson to urge Biden to keep US troops at Kabul airport after 31 August
PM’s request to be made at G7 summit as Taliban increases grip on access to flightsBoris Johnson will personally lobby Joe Biden at the G7 leaders summit, No 10 said on Sunday night, pleading with him to keep US troops at Kabul airport beyond the end o…