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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Badenoch denies calling for UK to join US-Israeli war on Iran

 Kemi Badenoch
Kemi Badenoch said she had not called for the UK to join the war but that she did support the actions of the US and Israel. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Kemi Badenoch has denied calling for the UK to join Donald Trump’s war on Iran, after previously saying Keir Starmer should do more to “stop the people who are attacking us”.

Labour accused Badenoch of having a confused position after the Conservative leader said she was not urging the government to join the US and Israel strikes on Iran but that the UK should “do more than catch the arrows” and “take out” missile launchers.

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