Bob Ainsworth

...in Afghanistan. Brown was joined by Foreign Secretary David Miliband, Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth and International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander in the attempt to steel their MPs' nerve. "The reason Britain has...

In this article: Gordon Brown, Afghanistan, Labour, E mail, Britain, Democracy, Iraq War, Harry Cohen, and David Miliband

Brown has reportedly ordered Bob Ainsworth, the defence secretary, and Simon McDonald, a senior foreign policy adviser, to embark on a round of diplomatic lobbying to get other countries to contribute more troops to Afghanistan. "I...

In this article: Gordon Brown, Afghanistan, NATO, Rupert Murdoch, Taliban, Britain, BBC Radio 4, and Barack Obama

...were at the evensong service in Westminster Abbey to remember the landings. Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth joined them. Some 130,000 allied troops took part in the landings on 6 June 1944, which began...

In this article: NVA, Westminster Abbey, Gordon Brown, Normandy, France, Royal Horse Artillery, Rifle Brigade, and King's Royal Hussars

...public support for the UK presence. Giving evidence to the Commons defence committee, Mr Ainsworth said the 98 British deaths this year were a key factor but said the US delay had not helped. ''The prism through which this is all...

In this article: Barack Obama, NATO, United Kingdom, US, Stanley McChrystal, Gordon Brown, Liam Fox, Afghanistan, and Tories

...MoD sources were unequivocal that the Defence Secretary was to blame. 'This is Bob's mess. He created it and Gordon had to bail him out,' one said. Government sources said the Premier was irritated that he was put in an impossible position...

In this article: Gordon Brown, John Reid, David Cameron, and Downing Street