Gordon Brown's failure in Foreign Affairs has hurt our armed forces and our country. The Labour Government sent our brave soldiers to war, with ill-defined purpose and lack of strategy. Many feel misled about the reasons for invading Iraq. Our army was put to battle without proper equipment and have arrived home lacking the welfare support they need.
In Harlow, residents ask why it was necessary for Gordon Brown and Bill Rammell to close our local Territorial Army Centre because of so-called 'cost savings', yet the Government managed to give MoD bureaucrats over £47 million in bonuses. Just a fraction of this money would have kept our TA open.
We desperately need to rebuild trust with our armed forces:
- A strategic review to determine what our armed forces need, so that our brave soldiers always have the proper equipment;
- Doubling the operational bonus for frontline soldiers;
- Establishing a new welfare service to look after Veterans; and
- Higher education scholarships for the children of armed forces killed on active duty.
On Europe too, we need radical change. Breaking his Referendum pledge, Gordon Brown signed Britain's powers away, when he joined the EU Constitution. So Conservatives will act to get our powers back from Brussels:
- A renegotiation, to get our powers back on criminal justice and social and employment laws;
- A guaranteed Referendum on any new EU Treaty; and
- A UK Sovereignty Bill so that British Law is paramount, and so that ultimate power always stays in our Parliament, in our country.
Restoring trust, giving pride back to Britain, ensuring we get our powers back from Brussels. Conservatives will provide the change Britain needs in Foreign Affairs.
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