Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper defended the UK government’s decision not to get involved in the initial strikes on Iran in spite of fresh criticism from Donald Trump, saying lessons needed to be learnt from the Iraq war.
The US president attacked the UK in a Truth Social post overnight, accusing Britain of seeking to “join wars after we’ve already won” and said a British aircraft carrier was not needed after the Ministry of Defence began preparations for a potential deployment.
Cooper told Sky News that people needed to “focus on the substance and not social media posts”, as she pushed back against claims the UK’s special relationship with the US was fraying.
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