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Starmer attacks Badenoch and Farage over Iran war support U-turns at raucous PMQs
Politics•March 11, 2026 at 2:42 PMNational

Starmer attacks Badenoch and Farage over Iran war support U-turns at raucous PMQs

By Alexandra Topping and Peter Walker•The Guardian - UK News

PM says UK would ‘be at war’ now if it were up to Tory and Reform leaders and accuses both of changing position UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has attacked Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage over their stance on the war in Iran, accusing both of U-turning on their support for Donald Trump.At a raucous prime minister’s questions, Starmer accused the leader of the opposition of making the “mother of all U-turns” and furiously trying to backpedal after on Tuesday she denied calling for the UK to join the US president’s war on Iran, after previously saying Starmer should do more to “stop the people who are attacking us”. Continue reading...

PM says UK would ‘be at war’ now if it were up to Tory and Reform leaders and accuses both of changing position

Keir Starmer has attacked Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage over their stance on the war in Iran, accusing both of U-turning on their support for Donald Trump.

At a raucous prime minister’s questions, Starmer accused the leader of the opposition of making the “mother of all U-turns” and furiously trying to backpedal after on Tuesday she denied calling for the UK to join the US president’s war on Iran, after previously saying Starmer should do more to “stop the people who are attacking us”.

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