Of all the inane – not to say stupid – comments by Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister, his remark about US and Israeli action against Iran must be at the top. ‘This is not our war,’ he said. ‘We will not be drawn into a wider war.’ Andy Burnham made the same mistake when he took office and said we had no place involving ourselves in a war with Iran.

The problem is that while we might not want to be involved in a war with Iran, Iran is very much involved in a war with us – and regularly demonstrates the extent of its hostility. We might choose to ‘hear no evil, see no evil’. But that doesn’t mean the evil isn’t real.

While we might not want to be involved in a war with Iran, Iran is very much involved in a war with us – and regularly demonstrates the extent of its hostility

While we might not want to be involved in a war with Iran, Iran is very much involved in a war with us – and regularly demonstrates the extent of its hostility

This weekend, for example, it emerged that Iranian hackers shut down a power plant for four days – the first time Iranian hackers have succeeded in such an attack. According to reports, the attack on the British power plant coincided with similar cyber attacks on US water plants. 

The attack is said not to have had a significant impact on the UK’s power supply or energy generation but is, rather, being treated by the security services as a warning shot........

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