On our islands at the other end of Europe, and surrounded by friendly states, we are supposed to be terrified of Russia even as its failure to subdue Ukraine continued into the fullscale collapse of the Ukrainian regime that had rewarded our own recently deposed Prime Minister with its Order of Freedom despite his having been, in a crowded field, the most authoritarian holder of the office in living memory. It is amazing what a quarter of a billion pounds in fighter jets can buy you. Andy Burnham should cancel that immediately and put the money towards the cost of living at home. Not least, the cost of energy.
But has Saudi Arabia a shortage of energy, such that it needed to develop nuclear power? Donald Trump has just given it nuclear weapons, and everyone knows it. What matters to him is that he, his family and his courtiers will be paid. The House of Saud understands perfectly. For all Ed Miliband’s efforts back in the day, we have ended up giving Syria to the Saudi proxies in al-Qaeda and in the so-called Islamic State, deproscribing Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and literally rolling out the red carpet for Ahmed al-Sharaa. And now, Trump is giving that mob the Bomb. Russia, or indeed Iran, is the least of our worries.
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