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We gaze with pity upon Gaza. We contemplate the emergence of wider conflict between Israel and Iran. We calculate the impact – humanitarian, global. Prospects drear indeed. And, like the poet, we conclude that our only response is to guess and fear. True, our influence is decidedly limited. But it is not set at zero. Democracy, Churchill counselled, is the worst form of government – apart, that is, from all the others. Slowly, steadily, it can translate public views into political action by impinging upon those taking decisions. More swiftly, democracy can play a role if incumbent leaders fear a potential verdict at the ballot box in a pending election. Such is the case, at least in fragmentary part, with the current situation in the Middle East. I will not pretend that the impact is other than tangential, even confused. But it is possible to identify pressure points.

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