ethical foreign policy

The fires of protest now sweeping North Africa and the Middle East must lead to a new initiative on an ethical foreign policy. New Labour had one but it faded out in the early years of the century. We must now make our position on human rights absolutely clear. No weapons, no comfort, no deals with regimes that are prepared to kill their own people. This may damage the UK economy in the short term, but we will save our souls. I know the current government hates micro management of the economy, but time to shift resources away from arms towards green technologies, bio technology and communications. We will be able to afford an ethical foreign policy if we beceom less dependent on oil and weapons exports.

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