{"id":324446,"date":"2026-03-09T15:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-labour-scarred-by-the-iraq-war\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T15:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:00:28","slug":"is-labour-scarred-by-the-iraq-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-labour-scarred-by-the-iraq-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Labour scarred by the Iraq war?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/RJvDOebJyZA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Is Labour scarred by the Iraq war?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RJvDOebJyZA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Is Keir Starmer\u2019s reticence to involve the UK in the Iran war directly linked to historical government responses to Iraq and Syria? 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