In the last few days, Keir Starmer has agreed to let the US military use UK bases to conduct specific defensive actions against Iran, and the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales has been prepped to set sail from Portsmouth. Nevertheless, President Trump was scathing about Starmer, declaring, ‘This is not Winston Churchill we’re dealing with’, and yesterday telling the prime minister, ‘We don’t need people that join Wars after we’ve already won’.

This morning on Sky News, Trevor Phillips asked Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp about former Defence Secretary Ben Wallace’s criticism of the government’s readiness to respond to the conflict in the Middle East. Phillips pointed out that defence cuts had occurred under the Conservative government. Philp said the UK does have ships capable of defending Cyprus, but they weren’t in the right place at the right time, even know the government ‘knew three or four weeks ago’ about the plan to strike Iran. Phillips suggested that there aren’t enough military assets to defend multiple areas at once, such as protecting the North against Russia, and that it was the Conservatives who reduced military assets. Philp argued that the two ships in discussion are currently doing nothing, docked at Portsmouth.

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