Hello and welcome to rock and roll politics, the podcast with me, Steve Richards.

Thank you so much for tuning in.

Well, you can guess what I'm going to say.

We've got a lot to cram in in our time together for the second time this week.

We always have a lot to cram in in our time together.

And I know you're so busy.

So I'm going to move on quite speedily.

Just to say, we'll come to some brilliant questions shortly.

Some still reflecting on the fallout of the

by-election and what that means. Normally, that would have got huge amounts of attention.

But because we're not in remotely normal times with the Middle East on fire, it hasn't.

But of course, in the cooperative, we focus on more than one seismic event.

But if it's okay with you and there are some, also some brilliant emails about it,

I'm just going to reflect briefly on one angle of what is happening.

And how reassuring it is, really, that Kirstama in the House of Commons twice,

in his statement on Monday and at Primeness's questions, made clear by implication he didn't

launch an overt attack on the United States and Israel, that the original military action was unlawful and without clear

objectives. Now, there's a whole debate going on. Some of you might have read it. Tim Shipman's

got a piece in The Spectator saying that he wanted to give the US access to British basis earlier

than he eventually did. And there is a debate about whether he should have ever done it or when

he should have done it. But the fundamental call isn't challenged that he regarded the mission as breaking international law and has doubts

about the, well, more than doubts, can see no clarity of purpose.

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