We ... hope that it (Thomas Cook) can continue but in any event, as you would expect, we've got the contingency planning in place to make sure that in any worst-case scenario we can support all those who might otherwise be stranded.

Dominic Raab

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We've shared a lot of detail and the contours of a deal are now very clear, i think this is an important milestone, the prime minister is building on the previous talks that we've had since he came to office.

This was a very serious attack on Saudi Arabia and the oil installations and it has implications for global oil markets and supply, it's a very serious, an outrageous act, and we need to have a clear and as united as possible international response to it.

In terms of who is responsible, the picture is not entirely clear... by Dominic Raab

In terms of who is responsible, the picture is not entirely clear.

There will not be another extension, we are now showing them the... by Dominic Raab

There will not be another extension, we are now showing them the detail.

The one thing that is holding us back, the handbrake on getting Brexit delivered and getting the country motoring forward, is the lingering sense in Brussels that maybe the shenanigans in parliament will lead to the delay or the cancellation of Brexit.

I was out in Helsinki with EU foreign ministers on Thursday and Friday, we're getting positive reception, people want to hear more, we're thrashing through the detail of it.

We want a good deal with our EU partners. by Dominic Raab

We want a good deal with our EU partners.

We want a good deal with EU partners and friends but that must involve the abolition of the undemocratic backstop, what the prime minister has instructed and the cabinet has accepted is a turbo-charging of those preparations.

The only candidate who will now do this is Boris Johnson and so I'll be supporting him to become our next Prime Minister.

It's time for us, through this vote, to make clear not just that the current terms are unacceptable, but that we are not just throwing our hands up in the air, we are going to leave on March 29.

Introducing a voting threshold for strike action would save the country billions, unleashing productivity gains from rail infrastructure to administration.

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Britain rightly sees herself as a global good citizen, but she must reconcile ambition with power, ends with means - shedding utopian idealism in favour of a more rugged internationalism, putting the national interest first, not last.

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No other country ties its hands in deporting foreign criminals as... by Dominic Raab

No other country ties its hands in deporting foreign criminals as Britain does.

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The typical user of a food bank is not someone that's languishing in poverty: it's someone who has a cash flow problem.

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Much of the work legal executives do has to be supervised by a solicitor, irrespective of the experience or ability of the individual. In practice, this is a major disincentive to legal executives setting up their own high street practices. Even when they can do the work, they are still tied to solicitors.

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Legal executives often specialise in areas such as conveyancing, family law, probate, and litigation. Training is typically spread over five years of combined study and work.

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Working as a Foreign Office lawyer in 2003, I was less worried by the quibbling over U.N. resolutions on Iraq than the coalition's capacity to effect positive change.

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Iraq lacks leaders capable of soothing sectarian wounds, and Western attempts to pick them or force their hand invite anti-imperialist backlash.

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For all its pro-democracy rhetoric, the West rolled over to milit... by Dominic Raab

For all its pro-democracy rhetoric, the West rolled over to military coups in Egypt and Thailand.

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British intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan swelled the grievances home-grown fanatics fed off, while al Qaeda morphed and re-grouped in lawless sanctuaries from Somalia to Yemen.

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