Keir Starmer backs strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities and calls on Tehran to return to negotiations but warns of ‘risk of escalation’ in Middle East
Armed forces minister Luke Pollard also appeared on the media round today, and stuck to the government line of not commenting on US action against Iran.
He told viewers of Sky News that “it’s not for me to comment on the particular US action, but we’re assessing the battle damage at the moment to understand the true extent of the strikes.”
Put to him that, as armed forces minister ,it was specifically his role to comment on military action, Pollard insisted “I’m not going to be able to comment on that question, but what we can say is that we were not involved in the military action that the US took.”
Continuing the theme also outlined by foreign secretary David Lammy this morning, Pollard said diplomacy was the only solution.
