"He has the opportunity to upstage the Iranian government, show the people of both Iran and Britain that they can be made of brass from time to time" -

(Not sure if being made of brass is a good thing or a bad thing, but) it WOULD be nice if these great statesmen would take the "potlatch" approach to their power struggles - humiliate your foe by heaping an embarrassment of riches on him - might help with that pesky little problem of the unjust distribution of the world's wealth, too -