Who cares about vacuous influencers whose ghastly apartments in Dubai are being struck by Iranian missiles, wiping the smile off their botoxed lips? Not many of us, to judge by social media, and a few newspaper columns too, over the past few days. Retaliatory strikes by Iran have unleashed a tide of gloating. To give a flavour, one writes: ‘Don’t all those lovely influencers move to Dubai because it is supposed to be so safe? I’ve never been struck by an Iranian missile on my way to Asda.’

Your average influencer may lead a pretty empty life, but they are still UK citizens and we owe them a duty to protect their lives, by evacuating them if necessary

Your average influencer may lead a pretty empty life, but they are still UK citizens and we owe them a duty to protect their lives, by........

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