you mean until the British base in Bahrain was hit .....

and he had to be seen to protect British interests and personal

He was reactive not proactive

Posted By: ghostof barry butler on March 2nd 2026 at 11:44:07

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Trump has told the Telegraph that Starmer took too long to give US access to UK bases (General Chat) - Klobo04, Mar 2, 11:17:17
- Starmer should tell Trump to take a hike . . (General Chat) - canary_wharf, Mar 2, 13:25:24
  - Corbyn and Starmer makes me want a sick bag. (n/m) (General Chat) - Biggles, Mar 2, 19:17:24
  - ^ Jeremy Corbyn (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Mar 2, 13:26:44
    - you leave Jizzer alone! (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Mar 2, 13:28:08
- Yea Trump doesn't have a lot of time for the legal process (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Mar 2, 11:31:48
- Was probably also worried about votes (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 2, 11:29:53
  - Pensioners would have been all for it (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Mar 2, 12:14:27
- Pretty fair concerns and sound decision making (n/m) (General Chat) - Ulf jr, Mar 2, 11:27:33
  - Which decision was sound? (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 2, 11:32:50
    - The secision to not give access until Iran broke international law (n/m) (General Chat) - Ulf jr, Mar 2, 11:33:37
      - Absolutely. (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Mar 2, 11:55:42
      - you mean until the British base in Bahrain was hit ..... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 2, 11:44:07
        
        Which is the correct way to do things. (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Mar 2, 11:56:14
        
        They are two separate requests (General Chat) - Klobo04, Mar 2, 11:51:40
        
        100% this (n/m) (General Chat) - Ulf jr, Mar 2, 11:58:34
        
        It’s odd how difficult this is to understand, eh? (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Mar 2, 11:57:11
        
        Speaking as a lawyer it is obviously baloney (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 2, 12:49:15
        
        Speaking as a lawyer, no it's not (General Chat) - CWC, Mar 2, 15:17:32
        
        I don't see it that way. Declining to start a conflict but acting to protect your assets (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Mar 2, 13:16:03
        
        Speaking as not a lawyer (General Chat) - LetsAllHaveA, Mar 2, 13:07:35
        
        so we should invoke article 5 then (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 2, 13:18:01
        
        Yes and 300 British servicemen were at the Bahrain base hit by them too (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Mar 2, 13:16:21
        
        One must never change one's mind. Sign of weakness. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Mar 2, 12:00:39
        
        As with most things in society these days (General Chat) - Klobo04, Mar 2, 12:00:22
        
        Nope, Manning was definitely shit (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Mar 2, 12:06:25
        
        *Klobo performs u-turn* (General Chat) - Klobo04, Mar 2, 12:07:22
        
        *Klobo performs u-turn on his u-turn* (General Chat) - Klobo04, Mar 2, 12:13:30
        
        Cyprus you mean (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 2, 11:44:58
        
        Bahrain was US base, but had British servicemen there too (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Mar 2, 13:31:02
      - Hi Morgan (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 2, 11:34:59
- To be fair by Starmer’s standards that was a very fast u-turn (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 2, 11:21:18
  - Did he U-turn? (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Mar 2, 11:55:03
    - Ha Ha, always a first (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Mar 2, 14:53:00
  - If you do them fast and often enough, do you end up spinning? (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Mar 2, 11:49:25

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