Minister dismisses Trump’s claim Starmer is ‘no Churchill’ – UK politics live

James Murray says PM has approached Middle East crisis with a ‘cool head’ amid repeated criticism of UK’s position from US president Hello and welcome to the UK politics live blog. A government minister has dismissed Donald Trump’s claim that Keir Starmer is no “Winston Churchill”, arguing that the prime minister had approached the situation with a “cool head, a real clarity of purpose” and “a determination to do the right thing for the British people”. No, look, president Trump has expressed...

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Ex-Nato commander defends Starmer after Trump’s ‘no Winston Churchill’ jibe

Gen Sir Richard Shirreff says US president has launched war of choice in Iran with no clear grasp of how it will end UK politics live – latest updates Middle East crisis – live updates Britain cannot become embroiled in a war “without a clear end point”, a former senior Nato commander has said, as he defended Keir Starmer after Donald Trump’s jibes that he was “not Winston Churchill”. Trump was “another American president who had launched a war of choice,” said Gen Sir Richard Shirreff, as...

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