Großbritannien wird nicht in einen größeren Krieg im Nahen Osten verwickelt, sagt Keir Starmer

Doesn’t seem viable to say ‘we will send minesweepers but will not be drawn into the war’. For me this is a bit like saying ‘I will cross that busy road but will not get run over’. Iran wants to close the strait. If someone goes to open it then it is very likely Iran will shoot at them. If they sink a British boat then what happens?

I don’t really think we can sit on the sidelines here in a world where Iran’s goal is to cause as much economic pain as widely as possible. It feels like they will actively try to draw as many people as they can into the conflict.

IMO we let the Americans clean up their mess. They spent the last year threatening tariffs at the drop of a hat and trying to bully our ally into surrendering to the Russians. If they’re going to leave NATO this probably isn’t the reason and even if we go they will just find another excuse.

Criticised him for many things but glad he’s at least doing the right thing on this. The fact that Farage and Badenoch wanted to drag us into this crap is very worrying considering polling suggests a potential Farage win. Last thing we need is being Americas lapdog again like the Blair years.