Labour will today set out its commitment to protecting Britain's security and supporting our troops. The Defence, Veterans and National Security manifesto places these issues at the heart of Labour's plan for Britain's future. The manifesto will pledge a Forces Charter guaranteeing the rights of Armed Forces personnel, their families, and Veterans, including: * Housing: support to g...

What's a Presient to do with 800 empty FEMA detention camps? Round up the right wing extremists already identified by the Department of Homeland Security -- bloggers, veterans, tax objectors, right to lifers, and border security supporters. From The New York Times By Sheryl Gay Stolberg President Obama told human rights advocates at the White House on Wednesday that he was mulling the need fo...

Hundreds of Gurkhas gathered outside the high court to call for further UK settlement rights for veterans

"You got that, Britain? We. Are. The. Future. Future, future, future. The Tories are the past. We are the Future. The future that is fair for all. We are that future. For all."  And so, more or less, went Gordon Brown's pitch to the nation at Labour's manifesto launch.  Except it lasted a good hour and a quarter.  And it involved a eye-wateringly fuzzy screen beh...

Pakistan's security establishment seemd a bit confused yesterday over whether troops had, in fact, fired on U.S. helicopters in South Waziristan. The Pakistani military had denied security officials' reports that the event had taken place. In the future, however, there may be no such ambiguity: [A]rmy spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas told The Associated Press that after U.S. helicopters f...

I would like to defend the coalition from allegations that there has been a deplorable Tory concession on the Human Rights Act. Tearing it up was never in the Tory manifesto. Dominic Grieve, who drafted the Tory plan, is one of those lawyers who is rather passionate about the Human Rights Act and praised it in his maiden speech. I had many conversations with him about this: for Britain to pull out...

Sometimes it is back to the future. This week brought a strange coincidence to my life. There on the same desk was the Conservative manifesto seeking much wider participation and ownership for all in the life of our country, and there was a request

Labour manifesto launch, Edgbaston: Jack, James and Jill: this was a manifesto launch for you. And if you don't believe me, Labour has produced an election cartoon targeted at Jack, James and Jill. If you're thinking that it's time for a change, or if you're worried Labour has run out of steam, Gordon Brown had this news for you: he's got a plan for the future. Indeed, he ...

EDINBURGH West Liberal Democrat MP John Barrett today called for more rights for armed forces veterans.

Under the slogan ''A Future Fair For All'', Gordon Brown sets out his "radical" plan to get the British economy moving in the Labour general election manifesto.