Glyn Moody5d ago
UK security adviser attended US-#Iran talks and judged deal was within reach - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/17/uk-security-adviser-attended-us-iran-talks-and-judged-deal-was-within-reach "Jonathan Powell thought Tehran’s ‘surprising’ offer on its nuclear programme could prevent rush to war" netanyahu only wants war
UK security adviser ‘attended’ US-Iran talks and judged deal was within reach

Exclusive: Jonathan Powell thought Tehran’s ‘surprising’ offer on its nuclear programme could prevent rush to war, sources say

The Guardian
Show threadGraydon5d ago

@glynmoody Netanyahu needs a continuous war to stay out of jail.

Israel's legal system investigated him for corruption and is only prevented from finding him guilty because there's a war on. Once the war ends, he goes to jail.

This is one reason why you don't make wartime an exception to laws.

Show threadEd Davies5d ago

@graydon I'd suggest that things should work the other way round: whenever the country gets mixed up in a war the current cabinet should be automatically barred from public office for a decade.

@glynmoody

Show threadGraydon
@edavies @glynmoody It's not a given that the country wanted the war; if (say) the US invades Greenland, I don't think the right thing to do in Denmark involves removing their current government from office.
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Show threadEd Davies5d ago

@graydon @glynmoody But it would give them some motivation to avoid it in the first place.

E.g., the Falklands “conflict”: Britain didn't want it but it was a bit remiss of the UK government to leave the Argentinians with the impression that a take over would not be opposed.