The US has requested permission to use British bases for that specific and limited defensive purpose. “We have taken the decision to accept this request to prevent Iran firing missiles across the region. 1/2

No10 say the bases will be used to stop Iran from firing missiles - ie a defensive stance, not an offensive one, in their view

Spoke too soon

UK to allow the US to take defensive action from British military bases - Starmer Ffs!

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... 😢

Whatever we all think of Starmer and I’m as exasperated as the next person at the stupid, sometimes unforgivable mistakes. He always has the best interests of our country. Unless your scarf is tied too tightly for brain function that is? Could you say that about Farage or Badenoch?

Measures our Labour government will introduce to do even more include the launch of the Public Authorities Fraud Investigation and Enforcement Service to hunt down COVID-era losses and future fraud. The saving this year are equivalent to wages for 230k nurses or repairing every single pothole! 2/2

Wow! Over £7.5bn of public money has been protected from fraud in the last financial year! Examples include £400M COVID fraud recovered and 15 council houses in Hillingdon recovered with 100 fraudulent hosing applications removed from the waiting list. 1/2 www.gov.uk/government/n...

Refusing Trump permission to use British bases in Fairford Gloucestershire, Cyprus and Diego Garcia to mount a unilateral attack on Iran against international law takes a lot of courage. We know Starmer has been threatened by Trump, particularly over Chagos. International Law, upheld. 👏👏

If ever you needed a front page to capture the crass yet also dangerous silliness of so much of our media, and the impact of right wing nationalism which has done so much harm through a history from which some seem so unable to learn

apple.news/AjZFDBK0vR2W... I mean, knock yourself out Sky News. All dirty rapists and pedophiles should be investigated. ALL It just seems the British media is going after certain political figures. All happen to be on the left of politics. 🤔

The ridiculous extension of the wait for settled status isn't about putting up barriers to arrival, it's about putting up barriers to integration for people who have already been here for years. It's agreeing with Farage that these people should be treated with suspicion - and leaving it at that.

"Under a Reform UK government, only British citizens will be able to vote". Nigel Farage has proposed this morning made a call which obvs entails disenfranchising Irish nationals as well as Commonwealth nationals. I have asked him if that is his intention and his policy now. x.com/Nigel_Farage...

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... If I had to choose anyone to lead the UK. It would be Sadiq Khan. I think he’s an exceptional politician and an even more exceptional human.

I’m not in the mood today for mad Corbyn lite weirdos. I have made my feelings clear about this Iran war and how I do not want us involved in this. However, as the facts stand the UK is not attacking Iran. It is defending its military and trade interests. Those are the facts.

Farage has been flying around the world trying to raise cash from foreign donors - a fact that deserves a front page a million times more than this autocratic racism

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead. Do you honestly think they haven’t planned for this day. There are layers of leadership. There are layers of dead children today. #iran

Why didn’t he do this to Reform and their voters. This won’t work with Green voters Very strange and completely wrong.

An Iranian drone has just hit a high rise in Bahrain. (New thread)

BREAKING — 51 Iranian children are dead after a strike hits Minab girls elementary school in Iran.

"I have decided to rename the Persian Gulf as the Epstian Gulf. Thank you for your distraction"

Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi: “I am dismayed. Active and serious negotiations have yet again been undermined. Neither the interests of the US nor the cause of global peace are well served by this. And I pray for the innocents who will suffer. 1/2

Perhaps the terrorist state with nuclear weapons is …. {checks notes} … the United States of America?

Weasel.

If you want a debate don’t put me in quotes.

British planes have taken NO PART in the strikes on Iran.

Just listened to the speech. “British planes have taken no part in the strikes in Iran” Keir Starmer

I will take this down. Just listened to the speech. British planes have taken no part in the strikes in Iran.

So those saying we’re not at war, it’s defensive. What the hell does that mean? Experts?

That’s aged in time:

THIS WAR IS A DISTRACTION. INDICTED WAR CRIMINAL AND CONVICTED CRIMINAL go to war to distract attention from THE EPSTEIN FILES.

It's on the BBC website

Keir Starmer Even in the United Kingdom, the Iranian regime poses a direct threat to dissidents and to the Jewish community. If only you thought the same about how Israel poses a threat to Arabs? Using the Jewish community to indulge in this illegal bullshit

Derby have been superb in this second half, imposed themselves on the game. Clarke, BBD and Murkin have been outstanding. The first time we’ve come from behind to win since Eustace took over. Oh and we’re safe from relegation. 😉 COYR #dcfc #dcfcfans

We are going to bloody do it. Win from conceding first. #dcfc #dcfcfans

BREWWWWWWWSTERRR #dcfc #dcfcfans

Cheers for that header Cash Once a ram 🐏 #dcfc #dcfcfans

CLARRRRRRRRRKE #dcfc #dcfcfans

Cash not having the best of matches. Let’s hope it continues. #dcfc #dcfcfans

Is this the day? #dcfc #dcfcfans

BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD #dcfc #dcfcfans

Travis needs to be subbed or else he’s going to get sent off, absolute liability. #dcfc #dcfcfans

Honestly I’m losing patience with Travis. He’s so ill-disciplined. #dcfc #dcfcfans

Szmodics does not do enough midfield work and so we’re effectively playing with two in central midfield and we know that does not work. #dcfc #dcfcfans

That was a hefty challenge on Szmodics but he shouldn’t have reacted. #dcfc #dcfcfans

So when Dyson next pontificates about the labour market in Britain…

Poor clearance from Travis nearly lets Blackburn in. Dear me #dcfc #dcfcfans

I’m liking Murkin. #dcfc #dcfcfans