Starmer: UK Won't Join US-Iran War, Faces Local Elections

0:00On March 30, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer made it clear today that the U.S. conflict with Iran is not Britain's fight. He launched Labour's local election campaign in Wolverhampton, vowing to keep the country out of the Middle East war, sparked by Donald Trump. Starmer stressed the UK will only offer defensive support to protect British lies and interests. Trump has been hitting back hard, personally slamming Starmer and downplaying the UK's military strength while pushing allies to help clear the Straits of Hormuz for oil shipments. This standoff has already driven up energy prices here, hitting families in the wallet and cooling the so-called special relationship between the U.S. and UK. Folks are feeling the strain, with Labour facing a rough ride into the May 7 elections. Poles show them at risk of losing hundreds of council seats in England and control of the Welsh Sheenhead for the first time. Poles are coming from Reform UK on the right and a rising green party on the left, after

1:00some brutal by-election losses. At the launch, Labour's deputy leader Lucy Powell praised Starmer's judgement for not blindly jumping in. A big chunk of his cabinet showed up in force, from Chancellor Rachel Rees and Deputy PM David Lamy up front, to Foreign Secretary Avet Cooper and others packed in the rows behind. As these elections loom, Starmer's framing this as smart leadership amid wars in Ukraine and Iran, hoping to steady this ship in rally voters before. The ballot's drop.