Housing Secretary Steve Reed speaking to Laura Kuenssberg this morning:
“There is no specific assessment that the Iranians are targeting the UK or [that they] even could if they wanted to…”
On why Israel claimed Iran had that capability:
“You would need to speak to the Israelis… Whatever people might say, the UK is not going to be dragged into this war, but we will take appropriate collective defensive action to keep our nationals and our interests safe.”
He refused to admit how close the Iranian bombs came to hitting Diego Garcia. No getting into “operational details”…
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.”