Alicia Kearns today gave her maiden speech in Parliament.

Turkey has said its offensive in North East Syria will last eight further days. Eight more days of a unilateral and undisciplined offensive which has seen Turkey bomb a detention camp holding Daesh (ISIS) prisoners likely allowing some to escape; and almost shelling a US military base.

Amidst the anger about the Erdogan offensive in North East Syria, there has been very little discussion about what the UK can and should do to support the Kurds.

A fantastic few days at Conservative Party Conference. So much energy, passion and excitement and a real feeling of the Party coming together ready to secure an election victory.

Great to kick-off Conservative Party Conference with a discussion with Sophy Ridge and fellow Conservatives about what to expect at Conference, the future of the Party and Party unity.

To be a citizen of a country is to recognise and respect the rights and responsibilities you have a constituent member. It is a privilege to hold British citizenship, and to enjoy its protections.

Three years ago I travelled to the UN for the GenevaIII peace talks.

I took this photo on the eve of negotiations, full of hope that the talks could achieve an end to the mass murder, rape and detention of the Syrian people and a transition away from the perpetrator, Assad.

Excited to have contributed to a new book: “Countering Online Propaganda & Extremism: The Dark Side of Digital Diplomacy”

We have less than 24 hours to prevent Russia taking Presidency of Interpol. I write for the Huffington Post on why it would be a failure for Britain’s diplomatic community.

Remembering my grandfather who served on the Corvettes in WWII, my Irish grandpa who travelled from Dublin to Belfast and pretended to be British so he could join Special Forces to fight the Nazis, and my father who was a naval reservist.