Israel, Hezbollah and Iran every has good cause to keep away from all-out battle

Israel, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iran each has good reason to avoid all-out war but unless all three cease shooting the wider Middle East could erupt in flames.

The blowback would be felt far and wide as well as jeopardising fragile hopes of a deal to end the slaughter in Gaza and release of hostages, sucking Britain into an unpredictable conflict which could escalate to a conflagration.

So pressure must be asserted to bring this back from the brink when it must be in the interests of civilians and armed forces in the countries involved plus neighbouring nations and those like Britain – when we have nationals in the area and suffer in any economic fallout.

Nobody could pretend that a just, fair and acceptable long-term solution would be easy but in the short-term an end to the attacks and killings would be a step forward.

Rwanda sham

Government officials in the Tory era secretly preparing contingency plans for war in Rwanda should be the final nail in the coffin of an unworkable, nasty gimmick.

Briefings for then Foreign Secretary David Cameron and deputy Andrew Mitchell expose the lie behind Tory claims the African nation was a safe country to dump a relatively small number of asylum seekers and migrants.

Scrapping Rwanda and spending instead wasted money on practical solutions to Channel small boat crossings was one of the earliest, most sensible and principled decisions of the new Labour Government.

Wannabe leader Robert Jenrick’s claim he would resurrect the Rwanda scam is a hollow promise when the Tories could be out of power for a decade and voters saw through the stunt.

Britpop bonus

Oasis moving on from a definite maybe to reform with Noel and Liam’s molten feud finally cooling for gigs to earn them another fortune is a Britpop bonus.

They can Stop Crying Your Heart Out when for fans this will be a Champagne Supernova.