Politics · 5 March 2026
Badenoch says Starmer has no plan for Middle East conflict
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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch challenged Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday over Britain's response to the Middle East conflict. She accused him of catching arrows rather than stopping the archer, and said the UK was already in the war whether it wished to be or not, citing Iranian strikes on British military bases in Cyprus and Bahrain. Starmer defended his approach, saying any UK actions must have a lawful basis and a viable, thought-through plan, and accused Badenoch of utter irrelevance.
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