To think Keir Starmer has set us up to be the target of war strikes?

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He's a dick.

War strikes? How much range do you think Iran's drones have?

War strikes from whom?

Terror attacks more like.

it’s already started on FB and LinkedIn. The suggestion that the poor old man was a cuddly grandad and that the US shouldn’t be celebrating the fact that they have humiliated some elderly statesman and murdered him in cold blood and that he should be avenged.

Agreed, much more likely that the terror threat will rise significantly.

Yeah that is much more likely, but TBH I think that is already baked in whatever we do in terms of allowing the US to use our airbases

Terror attacks yes.
War strikes no.

I think he has set us up for more homegrown terrorist strikes.

We have been an enemy of Iran since the revolution, also they have no hope in hell of striking the UK. Laying this at the feet of Starmer really is ridiculous!

Also is everyone here under 30 or something? We've been here before (many many many times) with the middle east. Not once were there "war strikes" on the UK.

Terrorism committed by UK residents (and often citizens), yes.

Agree with PP. More likely terror attack, supply chain disruption and cyber attack. We've seen an attack by an Iranian proxy, Hezbollah, on a UK base in Cyprus, the UK has to respond to that or look vulnerable. I think the position that we will not attack but will firmly defend ourselves is a good one.

Nope.
If you mean our bases in ME, those were already a target.
But if you mean UK iself, no, no way.

YABU. Only one person has made the UK less safe in the past 48 hours. Donald Trump.

It would have happened regardless of who was in government. The US is part of NATO and using British airfields would be a given.

This statement is politics IMO.

No, don't be ridiculous.

Blair was called a war criminal for getting us involved in Iraq, now Starmer is a dick and a coward for not getting us involved in Iran.

For RW it appears a Labour PM can't ever be correct.

I agree with PPs - We've been here before, and Starmer is doing the right thing. He's responded to an attack on UK forces, but he's not gone on the offensive.

Every EU nation is just as vulnerable as us to terror attacks.

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Iran has been attacking us for years.

Yep part of the let’s blame Keir Starmer for everything campaign.

YABU

This. Britain is no friend of the Iranian regime and never has been.

Hmm there is dissent in a democracy which is tolerated. However, if there were ever all out war then there is the concept of treason and all sorts so all the people getting too excited especially if dual national, I would always be careful what I say online now, including in Britain. That’s my two pennies worth.

Terror attacks are a heavy possibility, but we may actually be safer at present. Iran would not want to add fuel to the fire and actually get Europe or UK on the offensive.
I would be worry about terror attacks if a war of attricion follows.
Iran + Russia would be keeping our intelligence and police rather busy.

But I 100% agree with previous poster. This is Trump's making. Starmer did not start any war.

I don't see why we are going anything. Every anti drone missile we fire costs us over £300,000.

We should not be associating ourselves with US/Israeli war mongering. Imagine the US outrage if the Iranian's had assassinated Trump.

Are you sure it's not Iran's making?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98wjzj4jlpo

I pity the British people being held in prison there.

We would have been targets anyway. They see the UK and US as one double team. I saw somewhere a protest/mourning in Tehran over the weekend a banner and it the UK flag alongside the US and Israel flag.