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Evening Standard
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Politics
Nina Lloyd

Starmer: Trump criticism is to pressure me on Iran but I will not buckle

Sir Keir said he would not ‘waver’ in his stance on the Iran war (Adrian Dennis/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer has suggested Donald Trump’s criticism of him is an attempt to push him to change his stance on the Iran war but vowed not to “buckle” under the pressure.

The Prime Minister said he had “core values and principles” that were “irreducible” and would not waver on his insistence that Britain will not be dragged into the “wider” conflict beyond defensive action.

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