The prime minister refused to directly respond to the US president after he compared him to Adolf Hitler appeaser Neville Chamberlain. AdvertisementThat came after Trump said Starmer was “not Winston Churchill” over his decision not to initially let US jets mount launch bombing raids on Iran from RAF bases. Starmer flew to Saudi Arabia in the immediate aftermath of a two-week ceasefire being agreed between Iran, America and Israel. Advertisement“That was the right position for the United Kingdom, and of course, that has included us taking action, collective self-defence.”He added: “I’m the British prime minister. I act in the British national interest, but nothing, but nothing, is going to deflect me from that.”Subscribe to Commons People, the podcast that makes politics easy.

Source: Huffington Post April 08, 2026 19:00 UTC