Donald Trump has mocked Keir Starmer as 'no Winston Churchill' after the UK prime minister shifted position over US access to British bases as fighting involving Iran escalated, according to a Daily Express report and political briefings described by insiders.
For context, the row centres on a fast moving internal argument inside Starmer's Cabinet about whether Britain should facilitate American action by opening RAF facilities, and on what legal basis, before Downing Street ultimately cleared what it described as 'limited, defensive' operations. The same reporting says the Prime Minister's initial refusal lasted less than 48 hours, before the Government approved activity linked to Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands.
