By John Weston John Weston believes the US and UK must work closely together to make sure that any action against Iraq is multilateral. Saddam Hussein’s mountain of documents now awaiting analysis by UN experts has temporarily flummoxed those in hot pursuit. It has thus bought a little more time before a final reckoning is […]
By Charles Powell The Prime Minister yesterday showed the same mettle as his predecessors at turning points in the Second World War, the launch of the Falklands campaign and the Gulf war. Britain’s interests are directly threatened by Saddam Hussein’s ruthless determination to acquire weapons of mass destruction. So is the standing and authority of […]
By Michael Howard When was the last time relations between the US and its European allies were so fractious? Things seem to have got to the point where the very word “allies” may no longer be appropriate. With every new day some new issue seems to surface as a fresh source of division and dissent. […]
By Michael Howard Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe): I am grateful for this opportunity to speak. I do so from the Back Benches; the policy of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition will be explained in some detail by my hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Mr. Duncan). I hope that there will not […]
By Charles Powell President Bush’s decision to impose tariffs on steel imports is a blatantly protectionist step. It is a set-back for the cause of free trade and open markets. By increasing costs for American manufacturers, it will damage American consumers who have almost single-handedly kept the US economy, and thus the world economy from […]