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Ex-Nato commander defends Starmer after Trump’s ‘no Winston Churchill’ jibe
Politics•March 4, 2026 at 10:10 AMNational

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

By Ben Quinn Political correspondent•The Guardian - UK News

Gen Sir Richard Shirreff says US president has launched war of choice in Iran with no clear grasp of how it will endUK politics live – latest updatesMiddle East crisis – live updatesBritain 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 a minister insisted that the UK prime minister had acted “with a cool head” by not allowing British bases to be used for initial strikes. Continue reading...

Gen Sir Richard Shirreff says US president has launched war of choice in Iran with no clear grasp of how it will end

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 a minister insisted that the UK prime minister had acted “with a cool head” by not allowing British bases to be used for initial strikes.

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