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@BethRigby Basically @Keir_Starmer and @YvetteCooperMP have to work with what comes next in Iran 🇮🇷 to hopefully bring back those in custody safely home. Any missteps could lengthen their stay or worse.

ANALYSIS: There’s been much criticism about Starmer not standing for anything. But on Iran, he has taken a stand against Trump. He will hope it lands well with his base, but more importantly, he will hope history will look favourably on his choice.

@pritipatel @Keir_Starmer appears to be learning the restraint lessons of history so they are not repeating over other British people in Iran custody. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The Iranian regime openly threatens the United Kingdom, our regional allies and the United States. Keir Starmer’s failure to work proactively with our American allies is damning.

@richardaeden @KensingtonRoyal time to get the Cornish out for Thursday.

Prince William and Catherine put me to shame. I attended the University of Wales but still couldn't string a sentence of Welsh together by the time I graduated!

@Kevin_Maguire Must not forget this dynamic. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Exactly 👇

@MPIainDS bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Why has the UK government not proscribed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The IRGC are responsible for the ruthless killing of thousands of civilians in Iran during repeated crackdowns on peaceful protest. Beyond its brutal actions at home, it has supported and enabled Islamic extremist activity and instability far beyond Iran’s borders, exporting a dangerous ideology that undermines security across the Middle East and beyond. Many of us have called, time and again, for the IRGC to be formally proscribed in the United Kingdom. Yet despite the gravity of the evidence and the growing international concern, the government has so far failed to act. The British government must show some backbone and proscribe this brutal organisation now. Proscription would send a clear and unambiguous message that we will not tolerate state-backed extremism, nor allow operatives linked to such an organisation to operate freely on our soil. Where individuals are acting on behalf of, or in support of, the IRGC in the UK, the full force of the law should apply. At moments like this, leadership requires resolve. The government must demonstrate that it is prepared to defend our national security interests robustly and stand firmly against those who threaten the UK and our allies. Yet instead, every day that passes @Keir_Starmer shows us he is in government but not in power.

@RossKempsell @Keir_Starmer has to think of the bigger picture bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

When the moment came to defend freedom and democracy: One answered the call The other didn’t Never has there been such a difference in resolve, confidence and leadership between a President and a Prime Minister.

@DrChrisParry I expect has an eye on this bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

John Healey has come across as universally inept and weak on news channels this morning.

@PaulBrandITV Can’t has to keep in with the 🇮🇷 people bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Defence Secretary John Healey won’t answer whether or not the U.K. is on the side of the USA and Israel in their decision to strike Iran #bbclaurak

@DXW_KC Interesting to know how many of their citizens in Iran 🇮🇷 custody. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Why do the Canadian PM and the Australian PM say they support the US and Israeli strikes on Iran, while the UK PM remains silent on that critical question? Do they have different international law advice? Or just better lawyers?

@GBNEWS Thinking of the bigger picture perhaps bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

'I'm very disappointed in the stance the government has taken.' Former Head of Mi6, Sir Richard Dearlove, has accused the British government of 'sitting on the fence' over the US-Israeli strikes on Iran.

@bbclaurak Think of the bigger picture. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

While govt won't condemn or celebrate strikes on Iran - Labour's political opponents do from each side - Greens say it was illegal...

@griffitha Perhaps for this reason bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

“The United Kingdom played no role in these attacks” Why? No backbone again. Khamenei is as bad as they come. World much safer without Iran acquiring ballistic missiles which could reach London.

@pauljholmes @Keir_Starmer thinking about all British people bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Never before has the United Kingdom been so weak on the international stage, and that weakness is directly a result of Keir Starmer being the Prime Minister. Abandoning allies, too weak to act. A shameful period in British Foreign policy.

@thecarolemalone @Keir_Starmer You forgot what happened to Radcliffe and the missteps all about learning lessons for current 🇬🇧 people in Iran 🇮🇷 custody. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Why is anyone surprised the gutless @Keir_Starmer has not stepped up over the hostile state Iran - a state that for years has threatened us.

@TiceRichard Have to keep one eye on this bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

John Healey our Defence Secretary utterly humiliated UK on international stage this morning Incapable of saying whether he and Labour Govt support US and Israel They are not fit to govern

@CamillaTominey Has to keep one eye on this. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

I repeatedly asked the Defence Secretary whether we support the US/Israel strikes on Iran. He repeatedly declined to answer👇

@lewis_goodall Basically @Keir_Starmer and rest of cabinet has to factor this in to any response following previous missteps. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

I asked the Defence Secretary multiple times whether the British government supports President Trump’s actions in Iran. Multiple times, I didn’t get an answer.

@afneil One eye on this! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Defence secretary John Healey is a decent man in a difficult job since, at a time of growing global threats, he’s part of a government that won’t spend more on defence. He also picked the short straw by having to do this morning’s media rounds. He was unable to answer a simple question put to him multiple times — do we or do we not support US/Israeli attacks on Iran? This after the government had 24 hours to agree an answer and after numerous meetings yesterday in Whitehall and on zoom to discuss it. It is surely incumbent on the government to have a position, one way or the other. Failure to do so condemns the UK to irrelevance, a route which Starmer has already taken us some way down.

@bbclaurak Enough said bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Healey repeatedly would not say explicitly if UK backs American and Israel action or not

@ShelaghFogarty 🇬🇧 must not forget this jigsaw piece have to keep a good working channel open! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…