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Counter-terrorism

The problem with that philosophical view of British foreign policy is that we live in too much of an interconnected world. The idea that we can just put the barrier up and say, ““What happens in Pakistan or Afghanistan does not affect us,”” is wrong. The fact is that 1.4 million people of Pakistani origin live in Britain and travel between here and Pakistan. The fact is that we were threatened from terrorism sourced from Afghanistan and the tribal lands of Pakistan. I am afraid that that sort of ““stop the world, I want to get off”” foreign policy option no longer exists in this interconnected world.