Put your two quotes together and you get: “let’s issue a statement from the least likely person condemning Isreal so we don’t look so bad over/distract from the welfare cuts.”

Also, the money being made from arms sales has plateaued so it’s time to call and end to at least one war. Small print: “No souls have been harmed in the making of this statement”.

So no credit given from me! Just another day in politics.