Tom Tugendhat
The Guardian
What holds, and what fails, under pressure, standards and accountability.
Tom Tugendhat is a principled politician who seeks to protect and stabilize the political landscape while advocating for individual responsibility. This interview reveals his commitment to ensuring that political systems serve the people, reflecting a deep trust in the values he upholds.
“In the week before Rosh Hashanah and the high holy days, the Government are acting without prudence, introducing sanctions that are both light and serious.”
“When they recognised the state of Palestine, only recently, they did so against the laws we ourselves have defended since 1933, in contravention of the Montevideo convention and of the principles we have set out.”
“But we also agree that those who praise Hamas and other terror groups or see them as legitimate representatives of the Palestinian people are wrong, that payments to those who are killed while attacking Israeli civilians are wrong, and that those who call for the destruction of the world’s only Jewish state and the murder of its citizens…”
“I thank the Foreign Secretary for advance sight of his statement. As we meet today, let me start with what we agree on. We agree that illegal settlements are wrong. We all agree that groups of settlers have been guilty of outrageous abuses of ordinary Palestinians and crimes against innocent civilians.”
Political Thinking with Nick Robinson — The Tom Tugendhat One
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