Prime minister says UK would ‘be at war’ now if it were up to Tory and Reform leaders and accuses both of changing position on war
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Keir Starmer has attacked Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage over their stance on the war in Iran, accusing both of U-turning on their support for Donald Trump.
At a raucous prime minister’s questions, Starmer accused the leader of the opposition of making the “mother of all U-turns” and furiously trying to backpedal after she denied calling for the UK to join the US president’s war on Iran on Tuesday, after previously saying Starmer should do more to “stop the people who are attacking us”.
Last week Badenoch repeatedly pressed Starmer on his decision not to launch offensive strikes to destroy missile bases, asking: “Why is he asking our allies to do what we should be doing ourselves?”
