Shadow overseas secretary Dame Priti Patel informed the programme she welcomed the US-Israeli assaults on Iran, including it was “absolutely astonishing” Sir Keir Starmer had not been extra “proactive” given the threats posed by the Iranian regime to UK pursuits.
Since Saturday morning, Iran has launched waves of missile and drone assaults in opposition to targets throughout Israel, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait and Iraq.
Healey informed the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg: “In that Bahrain military base that was hit by missiles and drones yesterday, we had 300 British personnel, some within several hundred yards of the strike.”
He stated two ballistic missiles have been additionally “fired in the direction of Cyprus”, including: “Now, we’re pretty sure they weren’t targeted at Cyprus.”
He stated these assaults demonstrated how British navy personnel and civilians have been “at risk with a regime that is increasingly indiscriminate, widespread and uncontrolled in the attacks it is mounting”.
Healey stated the UK was making an attempt to do “all we can” to forestall additional regional escalation, with British planes within the air all through Saturday and in a single day.
