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The problem with Tory foreign policy is that it ’s not clear what they believe in

Martin Kettle dissects the Conservatives’ foreign policy, concluding that:

“You can criticise Labour or Liberal Democrat foreign policy for believing in the wrong things or neglecting the big issues. But at least these parties make clear what they believe in – and make clear that they believe in something. The problem with Tory foreign policy is that it is not clear – from Hague’s speech at any rate – what they believe in at all. The speech is full of dutiful assurances and pledges which should reassure those who imagine that Tory foreign policy will be more radical than the text suggests. But not many of the pledges ring out as things that make Tories get up in the morning. The one thing that does make Tories get out of bed with a belief in a job worth doing is their hatred of Europe. But that is conspicuously absent from Hague’s address.”

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