3Imago 16.28 GMT Minister says PM was ‘clear’ about terms on which US could use RAF bases, as MP asks about guarantees civilians not being hit Back in the Commons, Brendan 0’Hara from the SNP asked a question posed by Zack Polanski, the Green party leader, earlier (see 1.44pm); O'Hara said that US B-52 bombers based at RAF Fairford can carry up to 24 cruise missiles at a time and he asked, given Donald Trump’s comment at the weekend about potentially launching another attack against Kharg Island “just for fun”, what guarantees the UK has had that B-52 missions launched from the UK would not target civilians. Stephen Doughty, the Foreign Office minister, said he would not comment on “hypotheticals”. But he said that Keir Starmer was “very clear” on what basis he allowed the US to use RAF bases for attacks against Iran. (Starmer said the US could only use these assets for “defensive” missions targeting Iranian missile bases being used to launch attacks against the UK’s allies in the region.)
Assurances from Trump's White House are worthless.
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