Letters
Britain’s legal advice on the Gaza war should be published
It really is not good enough for Labour to call for the legal advice on Israel’s war on Gaza to be published, and not commit to publication of all such legal advice in future . I remember referring to the...
Israel-Palestine and international law
Clare sent the letter below to the Financial Times. It was not published. With all the hand wringing about long-term solutions to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, there is one important part of the answer that is hardly mentioned. The available solution...
Only a new asylum convention can thwart the people smugglers
The proposal to send asylum seekers arriving by boat to Rwanda, in order to discourage future arrivals, is clearly abhorrent and unlikely to work. But those who ask what is the alternative raise an important question.
Labour’s route to power involves coalition with smaller parties
Labour claims, parroted by many well positioned commentators, that the party’s woes are all due to Jeremy Corbyn do not stand up to objective scrutiny (“Horror show in Hartlepool spells trouble for Starmer”, Report, May 8). If you go back...
Misuse of ‘anti-Semitism’ charge silences debate.
The pro-Israeli lobby has intensified its efforts to class any critique of Israel as 'anti-Semitic'. This insults the historic record of true anti-Semitism and is designed to deflect criticism of Israel's constant breach of international law.
Put the criminal people-smugglers out of business.
By removing the requirement that asylum seekers must first arrive in the UK before seeking asylum and negotiating fixed asylum quotas in collaboration with other EU nations, we would be able to put criminal people-smugglers out of business.
Clare Short’s letter of resignation from the Parliamentary Labour Party.
Clare Short resigned from the Parliamentary Labour Party in 2006 and served the remainder of her parliamentary career as an independent Labour member in order that she could advocate for a hung parliament as a means to securing electoral reform.
Correspondence with Malcolm Rifkin on the ‘special relationship’.
Clare Short discusses the UK's relationship with America with former foreign secretary, Malcolm Rifkin.
Letter to President George Bush.
Clare Short's letter to then President George Bush arguing that the war on terror is not working.
Clare Short’s letter of resignation from the Cabinet.
Clare Short resigned as Secretary of State for International Development in 2004 to protest the UK's involvement in the Iraq War and Blair's failure to commit to a post-war reconstruction framework.