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How Starmer's Iran response alienates everybody

March 3, 2026
How Starmer's Iran response alienates everybody

We take you inside the Iran discussions in Number 10. What do they reveal about Keir Starmer's thinking and about Labour's electoral predicament?

And as polling suggests that two parties with 2% of MPs command 44% of the vote, does Labour have a coherent argument to coax voters away from the Green Party and Reform UK?

Steven Swinford, political editor, The Times

Patrick Maguire, chief political commentator, The Times


Producer: Euan Dawtrey

Executive producer: Molly Guinness


Picture credit: Getty Images


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