Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Jo Cox report urges UK not to shy away from overseas intervention

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January 26, 2017 at 12:01AM

Gordon Brown to launch paper started by late MP which argues Britain has a duty to stand up for civilians threatened by war

The rise of unthinking pacifism and kneejerk isolationism in Britain have dangerous consequences for the safety of people around the world, according to a report started by Labour MP Jo Cox, who was murdered in June 2016.

The report, which was finished by Cox’s colleague and fellow MP Alison McGovern and Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat, makes the case that doing nothing can have a greater cost than intervention.

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