Nigel Farage U-turns to say Britain shouldn’t get involved in Iran war

He said much of the world was losing respect for Britain because of PM Keir Starmer’s tentative response to the conflict. Read more at straitstimes.com.

LONDON – Mr Nigel Farage reversed his position on Britain’s involvement in the Iran war on March 10, saying Britain should not get involved in the conflict.

Speaking in a publicity stunt at a gas station in Derbyshire, central England, during which he subsidised the fuel of motorists as he announced his party’s plan to cut fuel duty, the Reform UK leader said much of the world was losing respect for Britain because of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s tentative response to the conflict.

But he also suggested that he would not have acted much differently. 

“Given that we can’t even send a Royal Navy vessel to defend British sovereign territory and an RAF base, we certainly don’t have the capability to offer anything of any value to the Americans or the Israelis,” he said, referring to a British base in Cyprus that was hit by a drone.

“If we can’t even defend Cyprus, let’s not get ourselves involved in another foreign war.”

Mr Farage’s latest comments – coming after a spike in oil prices – contradict those he gave at a press conference last week.