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Starmer faces greater quandary over ‘special relationship’ after Iran attack
Politics•March 1, 2026 at 10:00 PMNational

Starmer faces greater quandary over ‘special relationship’ after Iran attack

By Rowena Mason Whitehall editor•The Guardian - UK News

PM is in diplomatically precarious position of declining to endorse US strikes while also refusing to condemn themUS-Israel war on Iran – latest updates It was perhaps naive of No 10 ever to position Keir Starmer as a “Donald Trump whisperer” capable of persuading the unpredictable US president to step back from reckless decisions.The “special relationship” has been under severe strain in recent months over the UK’s decision to give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands and the refusal of European countries to back Trump’s play for Greenland. Continue reading...

PM is in diplomatically precarious position of declining to endorse US strikes while also refusing to condemn them

It was perhaps naive of No 10 ever to position Keir Starmer as a “Donald Trump whisperer” capable of persuading the unpredictable US president to step back from reckless decisions.

The “special relationship” has been under severe strain in recent months over the UK’s decision to give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands and the refusal of European countries to back Trump’s play for Greenland.

Continue reading...

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