POLL: Should UK join US in war against Iran?

Sir Keir Starmer confirmed on Saturday that UK forces did not take part in the US-Israeli attack on Iran, but questions have been asked over why Britain hasn't done more. In a statement with the leaders of France and Germany, the PM condemned Iran's retaliation and urged Tehran to "seek a negotiated solution". The Prime Minister's spokesperson said yesterday that in a call with US President Donald Trump, Sir Keir "set out that the UK was taking part in coordinated regional defensive operations to protect British people and regional partners".

But Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said Sir Keir should allow the US to launch attacks from British bases, including Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands. The Government is reported to have previously refused US requests to use Diego Garcia as a base from which to attack Iran due to concerns it would breach international law. So what do you think? Should the UK change its position and join the US and Israel in the war against Iran? Vote in our poll and join the debate in the comments section. Can't see the poll below? Click here

Support for the US-Israeli action has divided opinion along party political lines in the UK.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said she supported the strikes on Iran, describing the Tehran government as a "vile regime" that "carries out attacks on the UK and on our citizens", sought to build nuclear weapons and "brutally repressed pro-democracy protests only months ago and murdered thousands of its own people".

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey urged the Prime Minister to rule out allowing British bases to be used for "future unilateral US strikes".

He said: "The Iranian people deserve to live free from a brutal regime. Donald Trump's unilateral and illegal military action won't deliver freedom, peace and security. It will only unleash more bloodshed."

Green Party leader Zack Polanski condemned the attacks in Iran, branding them "illegal and unprovoked". He told the BBC: "I'm worried the UK is going to be pulled into another illegal war."

Defence Secretary John Healey repeatedly declined to say whether the UK believes the US-Israeli strikes on Iran were legal. He told the BBC: "It is for the US to set out the legal basis of the action that it took."

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