PM backs special relationship after Trump attack

SIR Keir Starmer insisted the special relationship with the US would endure despite Donald Trump's personal attack on him.

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Mr Trump lashed out at the Prime Minister over his initial refusal to allow British bases to be used for raids against Iran, saying “this is not Winston Churchill that we're dealing with’:

But Sir Keir said “hanging on to President Trump’s latest words is not the special relationship in action’, indicating that military and intelligence cooperation was continuing.

He defended his decision not to allow the US to use British bases in the opening assault against Iran, suggesting it could have been unlawful and lacked a “viable, thought-through plan” He told MPs “the whole country is worried about the potential for escalation” in the Middle East, and “we need to act, therefore, with clarity, with purpose, and with a cool head”