Britain must not be dragged into a fresh Middle East war, which is why Israel must be warned UK support for military action cannot be taken for granted should it choose to escalate the conflict with Iran. Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer sent similar messages urging restraint so Israel’s hawk Benjamin Netanyahu will be left under no illusions about what Britain will and will not do.
Foreign Secretary David Cameron wisely called for Israel to accept a “win” after 99% of Iran’s retaliatory drones and missiles were shot down by a global coalition, including the RAF. Israel has a right to defend itself and the Iranian regime is dangerous, yet we must also not lose sight of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza where more than 33,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have died since the Hamas pogrom against Israel last October. We want peace across the region, not war.
Reject yob rule
When antisocial behaviour is a curse on the lives of decent people, the Tories’ failure after 14 years to have effectively tackled the blight is unforgivable. The Victims’ Commissioner, Baroness Newlove, demanding more support for those on the wrong end of louts is a tacit admission that Ministers haven’t got this right.
The Tory peer speaks from painful experience after a mob murdered her husband so we hope colleagues heed her call for the Victims and Prisoners Bill to automatically help those who report three antisocial incidents. Police downplaying such cases while people are forced to live in fear in their own homes is surrendering to yobbery. The law-abiding majority deserve the law to be on their side.
Not you again
Einstein's definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Liz Truss not ruling out a return as PM shows she’s clueless about hostile public opinion after her first go at it proved an expensive nightmare for the rest of us.