MPs broke with parliamentary convention on Wednesday to applaud an emotional speech by senior Conservative Tom Tugendhat, as the Commons held an emergency debate on Afghanistan. “The feeling of abandonment, of not just a country but the sacrifice that my friends made. “I’ve watched good men go into the earth, taking with them a part of me, a part of all of us. “To see their commander in chief call into the question the courage of men I fought with, to claim that they ran is shameful,” he said. But the plan drew sharp criticism from some MPs that it was not generous enough

Source: Huffington Post August 18, 2021 11:03 UTC