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Theme : security
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Today's political football: security
A week is a long time in politics, just over a month must be considered a life time. And trying to remember what has been said by one’s boss must be difficult, nigh on impossible. Back in November David Cameron gave a speech on security to the IISS. In his speech, he said, “We must not allow the security of this country to become a political football – either between the parties or within the parties.... The two main contenders for the Labour leadership (Brown and Reid) are vying to outdo each other on how “tough” they can sound on security”.
from : charlieedwards
20th December 2006
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Governing by numbers
As Tony Blair moves towards the exit, Whitehall and Westminster are thinking ahead. Both are looking for a better form of governance for dealing with domestic and foreign security threats than the one that took this country into Iraq without adequate reason, against its interests and in defiance of so many of its own people.
from : charlieedwards
19th December 2006
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To build or reform?
Richard Norton Taylor trails the Demos annual security lecture in today’s Guardian. His main focus is on a presentation by the Conservative Party’s policy group on national and international security, led by Pauline Neville-Jones. One of the recommendations of the policy group is that ‘a powerful national security committee of senior ministers to counter domestic and foreign threats’ should be created.
from : charlieedwards
18th December 2006
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Dual backing for new national security committee
Dual appeals for a powerful national security committee of senior ministers to counter domestic and foreign threats will be launched this week by the Conservatives and by Tony Blair's former intelligence chief.
from : charlieedwards
18th December 2006
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Secure in the knowledge...
Not so much a friday rant, as conspiratorial speculation. Much talk today about the end of a fraud investigation into the Saudi / BAE arms deal.I wonder about the reasons given for the cessation of the investigation; it's significant that 'national security' and international relations were cited. That these reasons were given makes it a little more unlikely that we'll find out exactly why the decision was made - because those are exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act that are pretty...
from : petebradwell
15th December 2006
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Just don’t mention the ‘war’ (in a speech)
It’s a shame Jason Burke went to RUSI to get an opinion on the FCO’s recent suggestion to Cabinet Ministers that they should no longer mention the phrase – the ‘war on terror’ because it was liable to anger British Muslims and increase tensions more broadly in the Islamic world. A shame because a recent Demos publication Bringing it Home by Rachel, Catherine and Hannah made a rather more comprehensive argument for changing the British Government’s approach both in terms of strategy and content.
from : charlieedwards
10th December 2006
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Bringing it Home
Based on over twelve months of embedded research, Bringing it Home: Community based approaches to counter-terrorism argues that, despite some commendable attempts at engagement, the Government’s actions continue to drive a wedge between the majority of British Muslims and the rest of society, rather than isolating the violent few.
from : markfuller
4th December 2006
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Joining up Government
The case for a national security strategy
from : charlieedwards
2nd December 2006
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In the national interest: Organising government for national security
This year Sir David Omand, the former Security and Intelligence coordinator at the Cabinet Office will give a lecture on the organisational changes required by Government to confront the changing national and international security environment.
from : charlieedwards
1st December 2006
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Security Challenged
We didn’t learn much from Cameron’s speech to the International Institute for Strategic Studies on the security challenges facing Britain:
from : charlieedwards
23rd November 2006
