"politicians could have avoided it but did not do so" - from Academic Dave

Tell us how "politicians could have avoided it" especially British politicians in the rapidly deteriorating situation involving the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Serbia and their respective allies. I think previously you were of the opinion that it could have been avoided by simply giving in to the aggressors demands (Serbia by the 25th July had already agreed to nine out the ten of the Austrian demands - Germany pushed the Austro-Hungarians into demanding full capitulation - now where exactly did Great Britain feature in this loop?).