UK prime minister Keir Starmer has allowed the US to strike Iranian missile sites from British bases, after initially refusing to do so. However, he later swerved questions in the Commons over whether this meant that he believed those initial US strikes were illegal. However, the UK prime minister again swerved this question. “President Trump has expressed his disagreement with our decision not to join the initial strikes. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said her party fully supported the initial US and Israeli strikes on Iran.

Source: The Irish Times March 03, 2026 06:13 UTC