The Times says it understands that the UK is likely to join the strikes only if there is an escalation, such as an attack killing British troops or civilians, or new intelligence pointing to an Iranian plot. The i Paper says its own poll shows almost half the people it asked back Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to limit UK involvement in the attacks, with only one in five supporting Britain joining in. But writing in his column in the Mail, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that by sitting on the sidelines Sir Keir had made Britain “not merely a laughing stock” but a “piffling irrelevance”.
