Tensions between Conservatives and Liberal Democrats over how to counter the terrorism threat from extremists have been exposed as Paddy Ashdown accuses Tory ministers of "kneejerk" responses and of stoking fear in the minds of the British people. The former Liberal Democrat leader and former high representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, writing in the Observer, also criticises David Cameron for ill-judged rhetoric that he says could alienate ordinary Muslims and hamper the battle to defeat jihadis. Full story >>
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A knee-jerk reaction is immediate and not carefully considered. • Toto Wolff says Mercedes will not make a “knee-jerk reaction” following the fallout between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg at the Belgian Grand Prix.
