Reports are emerging that the RFA Lyme Bay – part of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary – has now been routed to the Eastern Mediterranean. HMS Dragon has still not left port…
Lyme Bay is currently in Gibraltar. It is a sealift ship capable of transporting a variety of assets – and people – and is usually deployed for humanitarian roles thanks to its medical capabilities. A large repatriation effort is underway for Brits in the gulf…
The day after Starmer U-turned and refused to blame Trump for the war Rachel Reeves told the Mirror:
“Obviously no sensible person is a supporter of the Iranian regime, but to start a conflict without being clear what the objectives are and not being clear about how you are going to get out of it, I do think that is a folly and it is one that is affecting families here in the UK but also families in the US and around the world.”