- US President Donald Trump seemingly likened UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to Neville Chamberlain during a White House Easter event, escalating their ongoing disagreement over the Iran conflict.
- Mr Trump said the UK has “a long way to go” and said: “We won’t want another Neville Chamberlain, do we agree? We don’t want Neville Chamberlain.”
- Mr Chamberlain, Britain’s prime minister from 1937-1940 before Sir Winston Churchill, was known for his strategy of ‘appeasement’ towards Nazi Germany.
- Sir Keir Starmer has maintained he will not “buckle under pressure” or allow the UK to be “dragged into the war”, which has now entered its sixth week.
- The UK Government confirmed it would not engage in offensive operations against Iran, with its involvement limited to defensive actions such as RAF jets intercepting drones.
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