Seriously, why is so much political energy spent on something that’s happening thousands of miles away, in a region that’s always been at war, and that we have no control over?
Do they think the Prime Minister, whoever it may be at the time, can just ring up Netanyahu and say “oh hey, Ben. Do you mind stopping that bombing for a bit? Cheers.” We can’t do anything about it, so whatever position you take, be it pro-Israel, pro-Palestine, pro-neither is all just virtue-signalling.
The UK, France, Germany, and the US can do a lot more than veto and abstain UN resolutions calling for a ceasefire and peace negotiations in the area. A lot more.
Nobody pretends this will be easy or quick but if the UK wants to be seen as a relevant player on the international stage it needs to tackle difficult world geopolitical issues like this.
And the same goes for domestic party politics, Labour and the Conservatives can do a lot more than the weasel words they’ve released in press statements so far. A lot more.
“Why do people keep asking me to do something about my child shooting up a school with the loaded gun I gave them? It’s not me holding the gun, I just keep giving them more bullets. I fail to see how any of this is my responsibility. I don’t even go to that school.”
So what?
Seriously, why is so much political energy spent on something that’s happening thousands of miles away, in a region that’s always been at war, and that we have no control over?
Do they think the Prime Minister, whoever it may be at the time, can just ring up Netanyahu and say “oh hey, Ben. Do you mind stopping that bombing for a bit? Cheers.” We can’t do anything about it, so whatever position you take, be it pro-Israel, pro-Palestine, pro-neither is all just virtue-signalling.
The UK, France, Germany, and the US can do a lot more than veto and abstain UN resolutions calling for a ceasefire and peace negotiations in the area. A lot more.
Nobody pretends this will be easy or quick but if the UK wants to be seen as a relevant player on the international stage it needs to tackle difficult world geopolitical issues like this.
And the same goes for domestic party politics, Labour and the Conservatives can do a lot more than the weasel words they’ve released in press statements so far. A lot more.
“Why do people keep asking me to do something about my child shooting up a school with the loaded gun I gave them? It’s not me holding the gun, I just keep giving them more bullets. I fail to see how any of this is my responsibility. I don’t even go to that school.”