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Yvette Cooper Swipes at Blair: Starmer ‘Learning Lessons’ From Iraq

Cooper: “We Don’t Agree With Donald Trump on Every Issue”

Cooper rejects Blair’s call for UK to have backed Trump’s strikes on Iran

Foreign secretary hits back at former prime minister, saying Britain had to ‘learn the lessons’ of Iraq war Middle East crisis – live updates Yvette Cooper has rejected Tony Blair’s assertion that the UK should have supported Donald Trump’s initial airstrikes on Iran, saying Britain had to “learn the lessons” of mistakes made in Iraq. At a private lunch event on Friday, the former Labour prime minister said Keir Starmer “should have backed America from the very beginning” and let the Trump ad

Cooper hits back at Blair criticism of PM over war

“It’s important to learn lessons from what went wrong in Iraq," she says. The post Cooper hits back at Blair criticism of PM over war appeared first on Conservative Home.

Philp accuses Labour of ‘dereliction of duty’ over warships

He says Cyprus has been left undefended because Keir Starmer and the Government "showed no foresight whatsoever". The post Philp accuses Labour of ‘dereliction of duty’ over warships appeared first on Conservative Home.

PM is standing up for UK interests, says Cooper after Trump criticism

The foreign secretary says the UK will not agree with the US "on every issue" after the US president attacks the PM's stance.

Yvette Cooper grilled in Sky News clash over Donald Trump

Sky News' Trevor Phillips grilled the Foreign Secretary on his show on Sunday morning

Newslinks for Sunday 8th March 2026

Trump tells Starmer: We don’t need your aircraft carriers | Blair rebukes Starmer for not backing Trump | Labour accuses Badenoch of scoring ‘cheap political points’ over Iran strikes | Badenoch plans reshuffle 'to stop rising star Lam defecting to Reform' The post Newslinks for Sunday 8th March 2026 appeared first on Conservative Home.

Keir Starmer 'learning lessons from Iraq', foreign secretary says

Sir Keir Starmer is "learning lessons" from the Iraq War in how he responds to the escalating conflict in Iran, the foreign secretary said.

Kemi Badenoch plots huge reshuffle as she threatens to chop 'dead wood'

Kemi Badenoch is set to change her top team in her first major reshuffle as party leader.

Keir Starmer's weakness is putting us all at risk from Iran - the threat is here in the UK

Labour must act on warnings and tackle Iran's influence in the UK, says Shadow Home Secretary Priti Patel

Trump accuses Starmer of seeking to 'join wars after we've already won'

The remarks come after a public back-and-forth between Trump and Sir Keir Starmer over UK involvement the US's joint offensive with Israel against Iran.