"What I was not prepared to do on Saturday was for the UK to join a war, unless I was satisfied there was a lawful basis and a viable thought-through plan."
"Our bases have already been attacked. Iran is trying to kill our servicemen and women. He is catching arrows rather than stopping the archer."
"The American planes are operating out of British bases, he said. That is the special relationship in action."
Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced parliamentary criticism from opposition leader Kemi Badenoch over the UK's response to Iran's drone attacks on British bases in Cyprus. Trump had criticized Starmer for refusing to allow US use of British bases for initial strikes, comparing him unfavorably to Winston Churchill. Starmer defended his position, stating he would not commit the UK to war without legal justification and a comprehensive strategy. He prioritized evacuating British nationals from the Middle East, with charter flights departing from Oman and commercial flights from the UAE. Starmer emphasized that British military deployments had been coordinated with the US for weeks, with American planes operating from British bases as part of the special relationship.
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