PMQs: Rayner signals UK would not join any US attack on Iran – UK politics live
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Fool me once, shame on…shame on you.
Fool me… …you can’t get fooled again.
Could we even contribute anything, if we even wanted to?
If they did, it would be political suicide in a time when they’re already breaking records for unpopularity.
British people don’t even want to die for their own country, let alone for the authoritarian government of Israel.
We will not join the attack, just provide the intel, provide financial services and provide tech. Everyone knows that doesn’t count.
Let the yanks enjoy the “glory” and the subsequent terror attacks on their outposts.
Probably the best thing Harold Wilson did was refuse to get drawn into the war in Vietnam.
I do not trust this government at all.” Seriously”. Unless you wan,t to go through the whole terrorist ordeal again. Stay out of it..
Hmmm…..that trade deal came at a price methinks, Angela
Tone of BBC coverage today suggests she is lying. Feels very similar to 2003.
I’d much prefer it if she said we would join a US attack on Iran, we know how much this government love to U-turn, at least if she said we would, it would most likely mean we wouldn’t, but her saying we won’t is scary because if they do decide to U-turn (as is the norm for this government) then damn 😔
Then why are we sending jets? For some romantic evening photos?
But it has gone so well the previous 65 times we’ve bombed for peace in the middle east!
It’d be the complete death of Labour if they get involved. Genuinely baffling if they end up repeating the exact same mistake which destroyed Blair
Yet there are TWO VOYAGER tankers in Iraqi air space every day.
So happy to provide “logistical” support
What would an attack be anyway? Given destroying their nuclear facilities will be bunker buster bombs that only the US has, it’s not like we’d be needed.
As much as i don’t want us to join a war for the sake of our own troops and people, i sure as hell wouldn’t want to join in with the orange baby and the awful scum administration after what they’ve repeatedly said about our troops, especially as we joined to honour their call for help. Let them suffer and keep our soldiers safe this time
We shouldn’t get involved. It should not be sold as assisting an Ally (USA).
With what’s going on in Gaza, assisting Netenyanu (who don’t seem to need to answer to anyone), seems akin to helping Hitler.
Before anyone assumes this is anti-Semitic, it is not. Criticising Netenyanu’s authoritarianism is not criticising the Jewish religion
This is in no way, shape, or form our war. Absolutely no reason to get involved, and spill blood needlessly.
Hopefully the UK politicians realise that it’d kill their approval rating to thrust us intona war that basically nobody in the country wants
Oh scummy PM in Israel has been saying for years they nearly have nukes.
Needed a idiot(puppet) in the Whitehouse, to make his dreams a reality.
Bullshit, yes they will just like they’ve been helping to murder Palestinian kids in Gaza.
Fuck off with your lies.
Politics at its finest!
Butter Trump up, get a deal, have him call it a good and fair deal…
Announce that you won’t be supporting the USA with Iran.
If Trump breaks the deal, I don’t see this going down well with the people whose economy is already suffering because of him.
I mean it makes sense, we aided the US in Iraq and Afghanistan but when it came to the US repaying the favor in the form of aligning with the UK & EU to support ukraines survival, the US fumbled and rolled over, why in the f*ck should the UK join another middle Eastern US campaign when they’ve defaulted on repaying the support we gave them during the last two? Have fun with your “haji distraction” US, the rest of civilised Europe are busy trying to prevent poland 1939 2.0.
Amazing how the same people who rightly criticise the current US administration for not caring sufficiently about the defence of Ukraine will turn around and ask why the UK should care to assist against Iran. As evil and destabilising as Putin is, Iran manages to be a worse influence in the middle east than Russia is in Europe. And that is without the regime having access to nuclear weapons. If we don’t give a shit about upholding the global order and protecting democracies from dictatorships then fine, but we don’t get to complain when Trump stops supporting Ukrainians. Otherwise we should man up and do everything we can to oppose the new axis of evil composed of China, Russia, Iran and their allies.
I guess that means we won’t be helping them to invade Canada either?
Dragging us into a war alongside the Americans went great for Blair didn’t it? I’m sure it’ll work well this time too if this government does what it seems to love doing and refusing to stand by anything it tells us.
Irrelevant. The USA will just stage a false flag attack to trigger article 5 and drag all of us in.
Given their lack of recent commitments to NATO and general attitude, this should be ignored.