Starmer Vows to Avoid Disastrous Mistakes of Iraq War
As tensions escalate between the US, Israel, and Iran, the Labour leader pledges to learn from the past and not repeat the same costly errors.
As the situation in the Middle East continues to escalate, with the United States and Israel launching strikes against Iran, the leader of the Labour Party, Sir Keir Starmer, has vowed to avoid the mistakes that have haunted the party for decades following the disastrous Iraq War.
The Iraq War, which saw the United Kingdom join the United States in a military intervention based on flawed intelligence, has cast a long shadow over the Labour Party, with the party's support for the conflict under the leadership of Tony Blair still a contentious issue today.
Starmer, who was not in Parliament during the Iraq War, has pledged to learn from the past and ensure that the Labour Party does not repeat the same errors that led to the costly and unpopular intervention. In a statement, he said,
Source: The Guardian
