| UPDATED: 08:00, Tue, Jan 12, 2021 Link copied Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and a former army officer, explained how British troops used a version of the track and trace while hunting insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq. Describing himself as a big fan of "military planning," the Conservative MP argued that in principle the army could apply the same tactics used in warzones to police the spread of the coronavirus "hotspots" in the UK.