Gordon Brown has a New Plan to Beat Terror. This Is What He Should Do

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At the end of the Cold War many of Britain's top brass believed the country's nuclear deterrent, whose prohibitive expense they have always resented, would become unnecessary. But the failure of the West's post-Cold War nuclear proliferation policy has meant that even an unmartial politician like [Gordon Brown] realises that Britain's national security interests would be thoroughly compromised if the government did not fully commit to financing a replacement.

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Gordon Brown has a New Plan to Beat Terror. This Is What He Should Do

Do you feel safe? Every time you go to the airport do you worry that you might be blown up by Islamist militants? Do you avoid using public transport, or frequenting louche nightclubs, for fear of being targeted by fanatical suicide bombers?

While the 7 July bomb attacks against London's transportation system in 2005 have rightly dominated the public's consciousness in terms of the tangible threat posed by Muslim terror groups, there have been many more foiled attacks that would have created far more carnage had they succeeded w...

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