Politics

The leader of the Conservative Party is facing calls to apologise after she suggested the UK military are "just hanging around" rather than taking the necessary action in the Middle East.

In recent years, during moments of international conflict, we've become used to the main British political parties calling something of a truce - largely holding off on the partisan attacks for a moment of unity in the name of the national interest.

Leaking details from a National Security Council (NSC) meeting is "utterly dysfunctional and destructive", Harriet Harman has said.

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