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Giles Watling is the former Conservative MP for Clacton and Chairman of the 1922 Backbench Foreign Affairs Policy Committee.

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It's time to ban foie gras
By refusing to ban foie gras, we have created a situation...
Giles
Giles Watling
November 15, 2023
Flexibility in our international aid policy is key
We cannot pretend a “spend it or lose it” mechanism is...
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April 1, 2023
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