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James Murray says PM has approached Middle East crisis with a ‘cool head’ amid repeated criticism of UK’s position from US president
Meanwhile, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has this morning been making the case for dragging Britain into another Middle Eastern conflict.
He suggested that Britain joining the US in its war on Iran was a different situation to the Iraq war.
There are times to say no to the Americans, absolutely. We should have said no a couple of times in the last 25 years. Of course, because Saddam Hussein didn’t pose any direct threat to this country, they had to invent a threat.
I would argue in the case of Iran, since 7 October this country has fundamentally changed as a result of terrorism funded by Iran. Frankly, if this operation stops Iran getting a nuclear weapon, it would have been worth it. I believe that very, very strongly.
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