Have standards really fallen so far that THIS is considered to be ‘playing a blinder’? [VIDEO]

While the right wing demands to pander to Trump were indeed wild, hysterical, bombastic and myopic, that does not mean Starmer’s response is automatically correct; at absolute best, Starmer h…

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No, Starmer was not right to let the USAF use British bases

At absolute best, Starmer did this too soon.

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This comes hot on the heals of news that a British airbase in Cyprus was also directly struck by an Iranian drone over the weekend.

Earlier in the night before RAF Akrotiri was struck British PM Keir Starmer said the Brits would support the Americans by opening bases for their use.

And right on schedule Iran immediately added the Brits to the target list.

https://cyprus-mail.com/2026/03/02/uk-cyprus-base-plans-dispersal-of-non-essential-staff-after-drone-strike

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UK Cyprus base plans ‘dispersal’ of non-essential staff after drone strike

The British bases’ authorities on Monday said it is planning a “temporary dispersal” of non-essential staff at the Akrotiri air force base after the base was hit by a drone ...

🚨‼️🇨🇾🇮🇷🇬🇧 BREAKING!

Multiple reports are coming in that at least one Iranian Shahed-136 drone struck at or near the RAF Akrotiri base on the island of Cyprus. There is no current confirmation from UK officials.

#OSINT #Cypruss #Iran #RAFAkrotiri

Jonathan Cook: The BBC’s Complicity in Genocide
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/25/jonathan-cook-the-bbcs-complicity-in-genocide/
Armed with a report on the state broadcaster’s pro-Israel coverage of Gaza, journalist Peter Oborne in a parliamentary meeting last week eviscerated the BBC over its shameful reporting. By Jonathan Cook Jonathan-Cook.net Veteran journalist Peter Oborne eviscerated the BBC…
#Politics #Commentary #Disinformation #Gaza #Israel #Media #Palestine #Propaganda #Ukraine #Amalek #AviShlaim #Bbc #CentreForMediaMonitoring #DahiyaDoctrine #GenocideDenial #HannibalDirective #IsraelDefenseForces(idf) #IsraeliApartheid #IsraeliHostages #IsraeliOccupation #IsraeliPrimeMinisterBenjaminNetanyahu #JonathanCook #PalestinianJournalists #PeterOborne #RafAkrotiri #RichardBurgess
Jonathan Cook: The BBC's Complicity in Genocide

Armed with a report on the state broadcaster's pro-Israel coverage of Gaza, journalist Peter Oborne in a parliamentary meeting last week eviscerated the BBC over its shameful reporting.   By Jonathan Cook Jonathan-Cook.net Veteran journalist Peter Oborne eviscerated the BBC last week

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Craig Murray: You Can’t Bomb Iran Into Zionism
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/24/craig-murray-you-cant-bomb-iran-into-zionism/
The U.S. not only has zero interest in peace, it is engaging in morally abhorrent levels of dishonesty and deception, attacking under a false flag of truce. By Craig Murray CraigMurray.org.uk Israel and the USA have each attacked Iran in…
#Politics #Books #Commentary #Cyprus #Iran #Israel #Militarism #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #CraigMurray #Imperialism #IranNuclearNegotiations #IsraelIranWar #J.a.Hobson #RafAkrotiri
Craig Murray: You Can't Bomb Iran Into Zionism

The U.S. not only has zero interest in peace, it is engaging in morally abhorrent levels of dishonesty and deception, attacking under a false flag of truce. By Craig Murray CraigMurray.org.uk Israel and the USA have each attacked Iran in the middle of negotiations. Iran must not fall for i

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Craig Murray: The UK’s Genocide Spectre
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/18/craig-murray-the-uks-genocide-spectre/
Last week at the U.N. General Assembly, before Israel attacked Iran, the U.K. ambassador’s written explanation of her vote on a Gaza ceasefire suggested Starmer and Lammy are terrified. By Craig Murray CraigMurray.org.uk Western governments’ abandonment of the very system…
#Politics #Commentary #Europe #EuropeanUnion #Gaza #Genocide #Germany #HumanRights #Iran #Iraq #Israel #Jordan #Legal #Militarism #NewsAnalysis #Pakistan #Syria #U.n.GeneralAssembly #UnitedKingdon #UnitedNations #WarCrimes #EuropeanCommissionPresidentUrsulaVonDerLeyen #ForeignSecretaryDavidLammy #GenevaConventions #InternationalAtomicEnergyAgency(iaea) #InternationalLaw #MohamedElbaradei #PalestinianGenocide #PresidentEmmanuelMacron #RafAkrotiri #U.k.PrimeMinisterKeirStarmer
Craig Murray: The UK's Genocide Spectre

Last week at the U.N. General Assembly, before Israel attacked Iran, the U.K. ambassador's written explanation of her vote on a Gaza ceasefire suggested Starmer and Lammy are terrified. By Craig Murray CraigMurray.org.uk Western governments’ abandonment of the very system of international

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Blood of Gaza Will Not Wash From Keir Starmer’s Hands
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/24/blood-of-gaza-will-not-wash-from-keir-starmers-hands/
The Labour government’s suspension of free trade talks with Israel is too little too late, writes John McEvoy. The U.K. prime minister and Foreign Minister Lammy should be in The Hague. By John McEvoy Declassified UK The U.K. government announced…
#Politics #Commentary #Gaza #Genocide #Israel #UnitedKingdon #WarCrimes #DaniellaWeiss #F35 #ForeignSecretaryDavidLammy #IsraelArmsSales #JohnMcevoy #LouisTheroux #ProjectHezuk #RafAkrotiri #U.k.PrimeMinisterKeirStarmer
Blood of Gaza Will Not Wash From Keir Starmer’s Hands

The Labour government’s suspension of free trade talks with Israel is too little too late, writes John McEvoy. The U.K. prime minister and Foreign Minister Lammy should be in The Hague. By John McEvoy Declassified UK The U.K. government announced this week that it would suspend free trade t

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The Empire Never Died
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/22/the-empire-never-died/
Challenging the numerous insidious aspects of current U.K. foreign policy amounts to nothing less than truly ending the British Empire, writes Mark Curtis. By Mark Curtis Declassified U.K. There’s long been a debate over whether Britain’s Empire — the largest…
#Politics #Africa #Australia #CivilRights #Colonialism #Commentary #Cyprus #HumanRights #Israel #Kenya #Palestine #UnitedKingdon #WarCrimes #Bp #BritishAntarcticTerritory(bat) #BritishCommonwealth #CarolineElkins #ChagosIslands #Commonwe #CorporateTaxHavenIndex #Decolonization #EastIndiaCompany #FalklandsWar #Gibraltar #JasonHickel #MarkCurtis #Mauritius #MikeDavis #RafAkrotiri #ShellOil #SpecialCommitteeOnDecolonisation #TaxJusticeNetwork(tjn)
The Empire Never Died

Challenging the numerous insidious aspects of current U.K. foreign policy amounts to nothing less than truly ending the British Empire, writes Mark Curtis. By Mark Curtis Declassified U.K. There’s long been a debate over whether Britain’s Empire — the largest the world has ever known — was

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