Johnny Mercer’s resignation – and the hard right’s weird obsession with military prosecutions
Sacked minister Johnny Mercer (pictured) represents a militarist fixation on putting the armed forces above the law, Symon Hill argues.
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Keir Starmer has picked the wrong fight with the PM’s military plans
Keir Starmer has called for a vote in the Commons on Boris Johnson’s plan for a slight reduction in army personnel numbers. Why?
No, Lisa Nandy does not want to abolish the army. But she should
What’s behind the controversy over the Shadow Foreign Secretary and the Open Labour pamphlet?
Ignore the spin, the Hague’s ruling on British war crimes in Iraq is damning
The ICC found “there is a reasonable basis to believe” British troops committed war crimes.
This Remembrance Day, we must remember the victims of today’s wars too
It’s time to revive the message “never again”, writes Symon Hill.
The Tories are trying to remove accountability for war crimes. What will Labour do?
The Overseas Operations Bill will make the armed forces even more immune from prosecution – a dangerous move.
Will the Labour First Minister in Wales allow training of Saudi pilots on Welsh land?
Plans to use land owned by the Welsh government for a military training site called into question.
The Army top brass are using this crisis for self-promotion
What’s Trident got to do with covid-19?
What the coronavirus crisis says about Britain’s military obsession
Governments have prioritised military spending over preparing for pandemics – and we’re all paying the price.
I was arrested for ‘breaching the peace’…while protesting against the arms trade
Asking difficult questions is not a criminal offence. But the criminalisation of protest continues, writes Symon Hill.
