chimera wrote on Mar 4
th, 2026 at 7:22am:
'The UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has said that its Cyprus bases have not and will not be used by US forces for the strikes against Iran'.
Trump says Keir Starmer is no Winston Churchill
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62gwkjg0k9o1 hour ago
President Donald Trump has told reporters Sir Keir Starmer is "no Winston Churchill" in the row over the refusal to permit the use of UK bases for the initial US-Israel strikes on Iran.
The US had sought to use the military base in Diego Garcia on the Chagos Islands, but the PM refused, only agreeing to the US request to use British military bases subsequently for "defensive" strikes on Iranian missile sites.
Speaking to journalists in the Oval Office, Trump said he was "not happy with the UK" over the decision, which led to US planes "flying many extra hours".
Royal Navy warship HMS Dragon has been now sent to bolster security at a British air base in Cyprus, after it was hit by drone strikes.
Oh? Kier's the guy hammering your DL about Vlad.
DL's the Neville Chamberlain here, dear. Worse - he's an actual Nazi apologist.
Iran's no threat to anybody.