Starmer charts a cautious UK lane in Iran conflict
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer signals a narrowly defined UK role in the Iran conflict, refusing offensive action but allowing limited US use of British bases to degrade Iran's missile capabilities—a stance that tests Labour unity, domestic political pressures, and Britain's Gulf security and economic considerations.
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- UK will allow US to use bases to strike Iranian missile sites, PM says BBC
- Starmer 'stands by' decision not to join in strikes on Iran with US and Israel Sky News
- France, Germany and U.K. Open Door to Striking Iranian Launchers WSJ
- UK ‘took far too long’ to let US use its airbases to attack Iran, Trump says The Guardian
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