War has sent Qatar reeling. It spells danger for Britain

When Iranian missiles pounded into Qatar’s Ras Laffan gas plant, it wasn’t just the energy infrastructure that went up in flames. The attack also blew up the global gas market and incinerated Qatar’s own economic prospects. If Donald Trump and the Tehran regime don’t strike a peace deal soon, the tiny Gulf monarchy may tumble into an economic crater. On a map, Qatar appears as little more than a 4,500-sq-mile thumb of desert sand jutting into the Gulf. But if economic malaise takes hold there, it could send shock waves through Britain. Qatar’s deep entanglements in the UK – ranging…