I see our Foreign Secretary is channelling her inner Thatcher again. She couldn’t realistically charge down Cannon Street in a tank and headscarf towards the Palladian grandeur of Mansion House, so instead made several Thatcheresque rhetorical flourishes in her speech on Wednesday to show Russia’s president Vladimir Putin who’s boss. There were salvoes of “Let’s be clear… Britain always stands up to bullies… We are prepared to be bold”. And more.
Expect a far harsher Israeli response to Iran than in April
Tehran will be thinking through how far it wants to take this, even as the ground moves beneath its feet.
