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There was no credible strategy, nor courage or leadership – instead we had chaos and incoherence, interspersed with the occasional gesture. It's been a masterclass in how not to do foreign policy. (Jo Cox)
I don't pretend to have all the answers. But despite all of the dangers and difficult judgements that lie ahead, burying our head in the sand is not an option. View quote
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Our communities have been deeply enhanced by immigration. View quote
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I didn't really speak right or knew the right people. View quote
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The idea that a child living deep in poverty whose parents don't have enough money for food or heating, books or basic things like school trips can ever have the same opportunities for development as a more fortunate child is patently absurd. View quote
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We can and should do much more to help. View quote
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The legacy of Iraq – an intervention I was wholly opposed to because it was not fundamentally about protecting civilians – still hangs over us. View quote
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I believe it's time for the left to revive its ethical foreign policy and in particular, rebuild the case for a progressive approach to humanitarian intervention. View quote
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There is much to be proud of in the left's internationalist past. View quote
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It bodes well for the future that young people are thinking so intently about political issues. View quote
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The civil war in Syria is the worst humanitarian tragedy of our generation and one that our government, and the world, is failing to deal with adequately. (Jo Cox)
I always back UN action where we can find it, but I do not think it should be a limit to our help. There have been multiple UN resolutions that say [to] Assad: stop killing indiscriminately your own citizens. View quote
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It was the realisation of a lifelong ambition to be the MP for my home town. It was by no means the end of a journey, but rather the beginning of a new chapter both for me and for the people of Batley and Spen. View quote
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No matter what our humanitarian response is to this crisis, it will never be enough. It cannot end the conflict. View quote
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I don't think we as a party should let China and Russia stop international action to save lives in Syria ... Three times they have vetoed action in Syria, and each time the crisis has escalated and escalated. View quote
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The Tories deserved a kicking last night. With chaos and discord in our hospitals and schools, an unprecedented housing crisis and fatcats lining their pockets while life gets tougher for everybody else, it's an outrage for David Cameron to appear on TV looking like the cat who got the cream, knowing his party is on track to win again in 2020. View quote
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Many people don't realise just what a valuable lifeline libraries can be. View quote
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Some say we need to be more patient. What we cannot, must not do is sit back and hope for the best. View quote
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Yorkshire folk are not fools. View quote
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We now face five years of an unbridled Conservative government that is intent on swingeing cuts, further attacks on society's most vulnerable and on our NHS. This will severely limit what can be achieved but I am determined to work tirelessly to do what I can to make sure local people are heard in Parliament and protected from the worst of what is to come. View quote
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This is about a deterrence effect to stop the Syrian regime targeting their own civilians. I think it would be enforceable from the Mediterranean using US French and UK military capability already out there. It would mean the aerial bombardment of Syrian civilians would stop, and it would create space for peace talks. (Jo Cox)
Unless we act to end the slaughter of civilians in Syria by President Assad, Isis will continue to find a steady stream of recruits from the Syrian Sunni population driven to desperation and radicalisation. In this context no amount of military action against Isis will be able to eradicate them. ... As long as these attacks persist these forces will not be able to focus – as many want to – on freeing their country from the cancer of Isis. View quote
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In my neck of the woods non-conformity is what we do best. View quote
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While I do not believe that there is a purely military solution to this conflict, I do believe that there will be a military component to any viable solution. View quote
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The left should carve out a new long-term narrative about British foreign policy: one that puts human rights and the protection of civilians centre stage again. And one that reasserts our commitment to the responsibility to protect those most at risk of mass atrocity crimes. This isn't really about being pro or anti-military intervention. Rather it's a call to redefine the principles that will guide the decisions we take, as well as a commitment to then honour them. View quote
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