David Miliband: “a blow to Britain's proud reputation as a global humanitarian and development leader”

The fact that Russia should today be turned into a pariah state is a very significant change in the balance that’s existed over certainly over the Cold War, of the post-Cold War period.

In this case, I think Europe needs the 27, plus, I would argue the U.K. even though it`s left the E.U. to agree to share out the refugee responsibility.

The western world has said that liberal democracy is on the line. And one of the aspects of liberal democracy is to treat those in need properly.

There are well founded reports of effective war crimes that are being committed in the shelling of civilian areas.