Underlying Principles

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The UK has had an outsized impact on global history and culture, and remains an influential voice on the world stage, albeit less so than before Brexit, but it is no longer a “great power”, and we must be realistic about this in our approach to international diplomacy and relations.

We can achieve more for the UK and global stability by engaging in as many progressive alliances and international conventions as possible without sacrificing UK autonomy.
 

The UK government should have a coherent, long-term plan for promoting the UK economy, businesses, education and tourism in order to attract global investment, students and visitors. This should account for our existing advantages (e.g. time zone, location, language, universities, culture) as well as incorporating new ones (e.g. tailored tax breaks, investment in specific sectors).
 

We should not directly intervene in the societies and government of other countries without the consent and approval of global bodies unless we are directly threatened by the related country.
 

Additional requirements for any such interventions are that there is plausible certainty that UK actions will substantially preserve lives and/or prevent regional or global instability, and that there is a robust post-action plan to ensure that power vacuums and local or regional reprisals are prevented in both the short and medium terms, with consideration of the potential implications for the longer term too.
 

Global Aid programmes are necessary to support developing countries who have been negatively impacted by the historic intervention and/or practices of developed countries and their economies, or are subject to crises caused by natural disasters and climate change.
 

The UK has a particular responsibility to support those countries that were negatively impacted by our actions in establishing and overseeing the British Empire.
 

Peaceful resolution should be the goal in any conflict, but not at any cost. No country should be allowed to use force, or the threat of force, to make unilateral changes to international borders or accepted territorial arrangements.