Ed.
You are appalled. Of course you are. Appalled is your resting face.
A missile hit an airport in Riyadh. Twelve dead, three hundred wounded, the worst attack on the Saudis in a decade. And there you are, hand on heart, standing in solidarity with those affected.
You forgot to mention who did it. The Houthis. Iran's proxy, Iran's missile, Iran's war. Not once does the word Iran leave your pen.
And you are the man who shook Iran's hand. Araghchi, in New York, and the Tories called it a propaganda win for Tehran. Tugendhat said you were legitimising a regime that has tried to harm our people. Schama said you had lost the right to lecture on anything, ever. And you met no Israeli at all.
But it was not only the mullah. There is a second photograph, you and Alex Soros, grinning at one another like old friends. The theocrat on one side. The globalist billionaire on the other. And the British public in the middle, who voted for neither.
You are appalled by the fire, Ed, while standing next to the man with the matches. Two men, as it turns out. Neither of them yours. Both of them delighted with you.
Solidarity with those affected. Very good. But the affected are the ones your policy has been sidelining while you courted the other side. And the other side is the one that fired.
You are appalled. You should be. You helped.
@GBPolitcs Great news! Invading the enclosure of ANY wild animal and expecting a positive outcome is idiotic and irrational. Perhaps a cage for dunderheads could be installed.
@susan_bagheri Socialism is the immiseration of the population to the extent that it is now not possible to complain about the wealthy because there is no wealth left. No wealth, no jobs, no hope, just socialism with ONE very wealthy totalitarian leader in charge of the army.