Certainly UK policy on the Middle East has been through some strange twists and turns, directed by Downing Street. Britain refused to send an official delegation to a long arranged one-day Middle East peace conference organised by the French government in Paris. The UK foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, defended the government’s actions, saying the French conference was a little like Hamlet without the Prince since the Israelis had declined to attend. But, above all else, he will want to create a new common ground between the UK, Israel and Trump over hostility to Iran. Lord Lamont, the UK trade envoy to Iran, last week urged May to be careful in her rhetoric.

Source: The Guardian February 05, 2017 16:56 UTC