Tony Blair’s comments that Starmer should have done what he did with Iraq in 2003 and just back Trump over Iran have not gone down well.
Of course Starmer is in effect backing Trump by letting the US use British bases, its his note of even the slightest dissent that irks Blair.
The MP quoted in the Mirror front page Jon Trickett is one of the small number of left Labour MPs but the significance of it appearing as the Mirror’s front page splash should not be ignored. There is a space for those opposed to Trump’s war to organise in.
Meanwhile the Times Editorial (9th March 2026) calls Blair’s views ‘sensible’. The Murdoch owned paper is of course Tory supporting
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