Badenoch's hawkish approach to Iran war may not be wise

In recent years, during moments of international conflict, we've become used to the main British political parties calling something of a truce - largely holding off on the partisan attacks for a moment of unity in the name of the national interest.

That's not been the case this time. The week has seen political hand grenades flying back and forth from both the Conservatives and Labour.

From the outset, the Tories have been heavily critical of what they describe as a "weak" response from the government to the Iran war - from the decision not to support the initial US/Israeli strikes, to the "slow" deployment of reinforcements to the region. But Labour are hitting back - demanding an apology from Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative Party leader, for comments she made yesterday about RAF jets "just hanging around.