Here’s how Britain can solve Libya’s woes

The Libyan Civil War of 2011, culminating in the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, was the bloodiest of the uprisings across North Africa forming part of the so-called Arab Spring. Western leaders, including David Cameron, backed the rebel forces for a myriad of reasons, not least in response to the brutality shown by Gaddafi in bombing his own people. But there was also an expectation that a Libya free of Gaddafi would be a more prosperous and peaceful country. The reality has been very different.

For a decade now, Libya has been beset by chaos. A chaos that has seen the country riven by regional rivalries, divided by political figures from east and west. A chaos that Isis took full advantage of to establish themselves in the centre of the country, before western – mainly UK – intervention helped drive them out. A chaos that some unscrupulous politicians have taken advantage of to enrich themselves vastly, at the expense of the Libyan people.