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THE all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on drones is undoubtedly right to call for greater clarity on their use, but its recommendations do not go far enough.
Britain may not be as prolific as the United States when it comes to killing supposed opponents with these flying robots, but the signs are that our government’s drone use has increased since former prime minister David Cameron admitted having ordered their use to assassinate two British citizens fighting for Islamic State (Isis) in Syria in 2015.
Given the terror group’s well publicised atrocities against civilians and prisoners of war in its struggle to overthrow the Iraqi and Syrian governments, few will have had much sympathy for that particular strike’s victims.
As the government quietly upgrades the role of Britain’s special forces, their growing global footprint and near-total exemption from democratic oversight should alarm us all, says ROGER McKENZIE
The global left must be unwavering in it is support for Venezuela as Washington increases its aggression, and clear-eyed about the West’s cynical motives for targeting it, says CLAUDIA WEBBE
