In a striking move, John Major will tonight accuse Gordon Brown of “using the Armed Forces as a Party Political prop.” This isn’t the first time that Major has been critical of Brown. He was one of the people who, rightly, criticised Brown’s trip to Iraq during the Tory conference in 2007 and just last month he wrote an article in the Mail on Sunday that accused Labour of m...
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In an article for The Sunday Telegraph, the Prime Minister tells the public it has a duty to provide more support to the Armed Forces.
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Telegraph on 19th Jun 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Exclusive: Speaking on the eve of the Tory party conference, Prime Minister pledges that Britain's Armed Forces would be given "everything that they need" to fight the Taliban.
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Telegraph on 3rd Oct 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Today's major news is the shock increase in unemployment, despite the best efforts of the Prime Minister to divert our attention from this by announcing a date when our armed forces will leave Iraq. The number of people out of work rose by 137,000 to 1.83 million in the 3 months to October. These figures will have surprised none of us who have been talking to businesses over recent weeks. But...
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[check against delivery] Overnight, the news came through that as well as continuing conflict in the Lebanon, Britain’s Armed Forces suffered losses in Iraq and Afghanistan. It brings home yet again the extraordinary courage and commitment of our armed forces who risk their lives and in some cases tragically lose them, defending our country’s security and that of the wi...
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Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with the opposition party that now was the time for an inquiry into the Iraq war, the PMS said that we did not think that it was right to make any announcements on the subject whilst the Armed Forces were still operational in Iraq. Asked why it was okay to make an announcement on when troops would return but not on whether or not there would be an inquiry, the PM...
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Former Prime Minister Sir John Major has attacked his successor Tony Blair over the Iraq War, saying the idea that Saddam Hussein was "a bad man" was an inadequate reason to invade.
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Telegraph on 2nd Jan 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
The Telegraph understands that senior military commanders are privately pleased at Defence Secretary Liam Fox's letter to the Prime Minister warning against cuts in the Armed Forces.
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Telegraph on 29th Sep 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
David Cameron receives support of Sir John Major, his precessor as Tory prime minister, over bid to increase foreign aid.
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Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister, is today giving evidence to the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war as he faces fresh claims that he denied the Armed Forces the necessary funding for the military campaign. Follow live updates below.
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Telegraph on 5th Mar 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Saturday, I learnt from watching the news yesterday, was our first ever Armed Forces Day. According to the official website “The first Armed Forces Day is 27 June 2009, and is an opportunity for the nation to show our support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces community” The tradition in the
