Labour under fire for refusal to say it backs US airstrikes

KEMI Badenoch has slammed Labour for repeatedly refusing to say whether it supports US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran.

- BY MICHAEL KNOWLES Home Affairs Editor

The Tory leader claimed the government’s response proves it has “lost all credibility”.

Defence Secretary John Healey had warned that Tehran is carrying out “increasingly indiscriminate attacks”, including on civilian targets.

But he repeatedly refused to say whether the US and Israeli strikes on Iran - which killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei - were legal or whether the UK even supported them.

Asked if Labour was on “the side of those two countries who have killed Iran’s Supreme Leader”, Mr Healey said: “People watching will want to know now, today, that Britain is on top of what's necessary, to do what we can to keep them safe, to reinforce regional stability, prevent further escalation.”