Sir Keir Starmer has insisted British boots will not be placed on the ground in Iran.
Asked if he was considering deploying UK armed forces as the US musters its troops in the Middle East, Sir Keir told broadcasters: “This is not our war and we’re not going to get drawn into it.
“What we have done is taken defensive action: so we’ve had our pilots up in the air since an hour or two after this war started, defending British lives, British interests and, of course, our allies in the region.”
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