David Cameron: all mouth and no combat trousers?

What happened to the 'monstrous threat' rhetoric? Does tackling IS not pass the 'family friendly' test?

The Mole

Are we hearing the war tom-toms or not? Yesterday, David Cameron said the Islamic State posed a "direct and deadly threat" to Britain and we had "no choice but to rise the challenge". This morning he told BBC TV Breakfast viewers: "Britain is not going to get involved in another war in Iraq."

In short, he seems to have done a handbreak turn in his rhetoric.

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is the pseudonym for a London-based political consultant who writes exclusively for The Week.co.uk.