The Rt Hon Dr Andrew Murrison is the Conservative MP for South West Wiltshire, and was elected in June 2001. He is a former Minister of State for North Africa and the Middle East and former Trade Envoy to Morocco.
Just three hours away, in the same time zone, and without significant colonial baggage, the relationship between the UK and Morocco, whilst always cordial, is way short of its potential. The sticking point – the UK as the peer-group backmarker on Rabat’s
Disputes over sovereignty are nothing new in politics. We just gave up our own sovereignty of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, for example, and it pervades the conflict in Israel-Palestine. But those are disputes that receive a lot of attention.
