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Richard Dannatt

December 2023

  • Gary Lineker and Brian Cox

    Gary Lineker and Brian Cox back call to scrap Rwanda scheme

    Former British army chief Richard Dannatt also among signatories to letter calling for ‘fair new plan for refugees’

May 2023

  • Justin Welby in the House of Lords.

    UK migration bill impractical and morally unacceptable, says Justin Welby

    Archbishop of Canterbury attacks plan in Lords, saying it will harm UK’s standing and fails to address causes of movement of refugees

August 2021

  • Keir Starmer.

    Keir Starmer warns of Afghanistan slipping into hands of terrorists

    Labour leader demands that UK shows leadership and calls meetings of Nato and UN security council

October 2019

  • Gen Lord Dannatt said most British soldiers did their duty to keep the peace according to the rules of engagement at the time.

    Former UK army chief supports veterans' protection from prosecution

    Gen Lord Dannatt expressed dismay at removal of proposed law from forthcoming Queen’s speech

March 2019

  • Karen Bradley

    Karen Bradley facing continued resignation calls despite apology

    Northern Ireland secretary ‘profoundly sorry’ for saying deaths caused by soldiers were not crimes

February 2019

  • Fighting in west Raqqa in 2017

    Trump is right, UK must take back Isis fighters – ex-British army chief

    Gen Lord Dannatt says British Isis fighters in Syria should face justice back home

September 2017

  • Royal Air Force RAF regiment training. The defence secretary called the decision a ‘defining moment’ for the RAF.

    RAF opens combat roles to women amid concern from senior officers

    Former Afghanistan commander says standards could drop now women are permitted to join ground force

October 2016

  • Lord Dannatt

    Compensate soldiers falsely accused of war crimes, says ex-British army head

    Richard Dannatt said it is dangerous for soldiers to ‘feel inhibited in doing what they think is right for fear of retrospective investigation’

August 2016

  • Lord Dannatt in 2009

    Ex-army chief apologises to troops over anti-malaria drug

    Lord Dannatt says he would not take Lariam after his son suffered mental health problems after two doses

May 2015

  • Sir Richard Dannatt

    Ex-army chief urges PM to consider 'boots on the ground' to fight Isis

    Government quick to dismiss call by Sir Richard Dannatt, who says ground forces are needed to beat terror group because air campaign has failed

November 2014

  • Lord Dannatt

    Western combat troops may be needed to defeat Isis, says Lord Dannatt

    Former army chief says west may have to ‘think the unthinkable’ and engage forces on ground to counter Islamic State

August 2014

  • Lord Dannatt: UK should join US in bombing Isis militants - video

    Lord Dannatt: UK should support Kurdish forces against Isis - video

    Lord Dannatt suggests that the UK should support the US in the fight against Isis

  • UK should join US in bombing Isis militants, says ex-head of army

    Lord Dannatt also says Britain should open talks with Assad in Syria, after Washington signals it might extend fight against Isis

  • General Lord Dannatt: there is 'no alternative' to arming the Kurdish peshmerga – video

    General Lord Dannatt: there is 'no alternative' to arming the Kurdish peshmerga – video

    Former head of the British army General Lord Dannatt says Britain should offer Kurdish fighters heavy weaponry and training

March 2014

  • Nato plane

    Nato to bolster defences of Baltic states amid Ukraine crisis

  • Lord Dannatt, former chief of the general staff

    Britain should reconsider army cuts 'as message to resurgent Russia'

August 2013

  • General Sir Nick Houghton

    Syria crisis: British military chief to set out options for strikes

    General Sir Nick Houghton poised to detail alternatives – but also to reiterate misgivings about entering conflict

February 2013

  • RAF Typhoon jet fighter

    Should UK aid cash fund military? - video

    Lord Richard Dannatt defends David Cameron's hint that some of Britain's £10bn aid budget could be used to fund military operations

October 2012

  • General Lord Richard Dannatt

    MoD lobbying claims: the key figures

    Top brass are said to have boasted of access to ministers, sparking a crackdown on lobbying at the Ministry of Defence

December 2011

  • Sir Richard Dannatt

    Defence and security blog
    Military covenant latest: Royal British Legion 2, Government 0

    Report comes amid mounting concern about how veterans will be looked after in an era of austerity

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