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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Ben Quinn and Alexandra Topping

Hanging on to Trump’s latest words ‘is not the special relationship’, Starmer tells MPs

Keir Starmer has told MPs that “hanging on to President Trump’s latest words is not the special relationship” after criticism of his stance on the Iran conflict.

A day after Donald Trump dismissed Starmer as “not Winston Churchill”, angry that the US was denied use of British bases for initial strikes, the prime minister’s handling of the UK response to the conflict came under attack by Kemi Badenoch, the opposition leader, at prime minister’s questions.

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