Henry Porter - Out of Afghanistan, into a police state

Out of Afghanistan, into a police state

Wednesday 4 November 2009, Henry Porter's blog, guardian.co.uk

Let's see if we can tease out the logic of the latest New Labour backflip. The former foreign office minister Kim Howells suggests that the policy in Afghanistan is not working and it is time to consider withdrawing troops and putting the money saved as result into the UK Border Agency and greater surveillance and monitoring in Britain.