Paul Mason
This Happy Breed: what the heck are British values?
Like Michael Gove, I think there are such things as “British values”. It’s just that I probably won’t agree with him on what they are.
Search results for ‘British Armed Forces’
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Sudan evacuation “extremely complex” says Ex-British armed forces commander
We were joined by Ash Alexander-Cooper OBE, former Joint Operational Commander with the British armed forces.
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HIV British armed forces ban to be lifted in 2022
People with HIV will be allowed to join the British armed forces for the first time next year, as the UK becomes only the second country in the world to lift a ban on their enlistment.
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‘We need to increase our spending on defence’ says former head of British army
As Britain is drawn further into the war in the Middle East, MPs are warning that the government must address shortages in military personnel and equipment. If not, they say the armed forces will not be ready to fight a “high-intensity war”. The Defence Select Committee says the military is “consistently over stretched” – with…
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Afghanistan war: British veterans express ‘sadness and anger’ at Taliban advances
UK combat troops largely left Afghanistan in October 2014, but hundreds remained to train and assist Afghan forces. Now, watching the Taliban advance and violence escalate from afar, veterans are pondering their legacy.
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Britain’s Windrush veterans: the battle to be British
It’s been 70 years since 492 passengers disembarked from the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks. Invited to Britain as part of the first generation of workers from the Caribbean, some went on to serve in the armed forces. Over the decades they served in conflicts around the world as British citizens – or so they thought.…
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100th anniversary of women in the armed forces
It’s been 100 years since women were first enrolled into the British armed forces, and their role has been transformed since then. Back in 1917, women were confined to basic roles, like cooks, drivers, mechanics and secretarial staff. Nowadays women can fight in combat alongside their male colleagues. Darshna Soni has been to a special…
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From the armed forces to civilian life
A new report has revealed former British veterans are far more likely to be offered low paid, unskilled jobs compared to their civilian counterparts.
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Cameron to clamp down on ‘spurious’ claims against UK forces
The Prime Minister says he wants to stamp out an “industry trying to profit” from baseless claims against serving military personnel and veterans.
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Tunisia: Sally Adey named as British woman killed in attack
A British woman killed in the terror attack in Tunisia is named by Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond as solicitor Sally Adey.
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British Army unveils ‘Twitter troops’ for social media fight
The British Army is to create a new unit for psychological and social media warfare to help Britain “fight in the information age” and control the “narrative” of warfare.
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British troops end combat operations in Afghanistan
British and US forces formally conclude their military involvement in Afghanistan – but after so much bloodshed, is this really ‘mission accomplished’?
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Watch the missiles fall: British jets hit IS in Iraq
Channel 4 News witnesses RAF fighter jets carry out an air strike in Iraq as part of the US-led mission against the Islamic State group, as British forces ramp up their campaign.
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How British Kurds are heading to fight IS
The UK arm of Kurdish guerrilla army the PKK, proscribed by the Home Office as a terrorist organisation, has had a resurgence since its war with IS. Is it time to de-list and arm them?
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Islamic State siege of Amerli broken by Iraqi forces
Iraqi security forces and Shi’ite militia fighters have broken the siege on the town of Amerli, in the north of Iraq.
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