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Tom Tugendhat, the shadow foreign secretary, criticized Ed Miliband for prioritizing personal views on green issues and 'virtue signalling' over energy security and relations with allies like Israel. At the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, Tugendhat accused Miliband of damaging UK interests by imposing sanctions on Israel and shaking hands with Iran's top diplomat during a time of tension between their countries. Tugendhat argued that the Foreign and Development Office should focus more on projecting British power abroad rather than acting like an international NGO, emphasizing the need for strong diplomacy to protect national security and interests.
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In a speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, Tom Tugendhat criticized Ed Miliband, the UK's shadow foreign secretary, for pursuing a "personal agenda" prioritizing environmental issues over energy security and relations with allies like Israel. Tugendhat said it is time to stop treating the Foreign and Development Office as an "international NGO" and use it more effectively to project British power abroad. He specifically attacked Miliband for shaking hands with Iranian minister Abbas Araghchi at the UN while Iran continues to plot terror attacks in the UK, and for imposing sanctions on Israel over its West Bank settlements, which has strained relations with a key security ally. Tugendhat argued that such actions undermine Britain's safety by prioritizing virtue signaling over practical matters like intelligence sharing and energy independence from China.
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Ed Miliband is pursuing a 'personal agenda' as the UK's top diplomat that prioritises his green views and 'virtue signalling' over energy security and relations with allies like Israel, Tom Tugendhat said.
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Tugendhat → pursue → Israel
In a scything attack the shadow foreign secretary said it was time to stop treating the Foreign and Development Office like 'an international NGO' and use it to project British power abroad.
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it → say → power
He took aim at his opposite number for a controversial handshake with Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi at the UN last month against a backdrop of state-sponsored terrorism in the UK.
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He → take → UK
And Mr Tugendhat, the former security minister, lashed out at the decision to hit Israel with sanctions over its illegal West Bank settlements, which led to a major falling out with a key security ally.
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which → lash → ally
To applause at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham he said: 'We think it is wrong to have a man in the foreign office who ties our energy to China instead of deepening and strengthening our union by tapping resources from the North Sea.
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'We think it is wrong to have a Foreign Secretary who chooses to virtue signal over intelligence sharing in a way that will keep Britain safe, because that isn't serving the British people.
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'That is serving his personal agenda.'
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In a scything attack the shadow foreign secretary said it was time to stop treating the Foreign and Development Office like 'an international NGO' and use it to project British power abroad
He took aim at his opposite number for a controversial handshake with Iranian Abbas Araghchi minister at the UN that happened while it plots terror attacks in the UK
Pointing to a Shahed-136 drone suspended from the ceiling of Birmingham's Symphony Hall, which was launched by Russia against Ukraine, Mr Tugendhat continued: 'Russia is using weapons like that to murder our friends.'
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Russia → say → friends
He accused Iran of 'spreading fear and hatred around the world'.
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He added: 'These nations are all abusing the international structures that we built.
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The rules that we wrote are being twisted against us by those who wish to do us harm.
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who → write → harm
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Mr Tugendhat later said: 'For too long, many in the Foreign Office have acted as though they were an international NGO (non-governmental organisation).
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'And they've forgotten that the treaties are there to make Britain stronger, not to make us weaker, and that the job of the king's representatives is to protect and defend the King's realm.
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job → forget → realm
Now, we've got ourselves tied into knots over recent years, haven't we?
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