Kath Reynolds

No ta!

Sir, For the first time I totally disagree with one of your editorials, which states that the UK should join the war alongside the Americans. To keep the UK out of this conflict is the bravest, strongest act by Sir Keir Starmer in this parliament. The Iranian regime without doubt is odious but this war is doomed to fail, just like the ones in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is not supported by the majority of Americans and will cost billions of dollars and many lives. At least the prime minister has learnt the lessons of history - unlike his counterpart in the White House. Dr Susan Kempson Haddington, East Lothian

PM is right to be cautious on Iran I read James Ball's balanced column "Trump's Iran gamble could unravel his presidency" (The i Paper, 3 March) with interest and, yes, his all-guns-blazing action might indeed come back to haunt him. He and his gung-ho colleagues may have read the room wrong and the American people will be furious if many of their young people die as a result of this war. Seemingly diplomacy is at an end and his presidential call of "America First" rings eerily empty. There is no doubt that the Iranian regime which targeted its own people had to be stopped, but is this the best way to do it? JUDITH A DANIELS REAT YARMOUTH My son was sent to the Gulf when Blair involved the UK in the last American-led fiasco. He still bears the mental scars. Consequently, Starmer's reluctance to get involved now is good news to me. L DGODDARD ASHFORD Those who criticise Sir Keir Starmer for not supporting Donald Trump might consider the possible consequences. Has it occurred to them that the Prime Minister is trying to minimise the risk of Iranian retaliatory action, either militarily or by individuals, by refusing to participate in this conflict? His duty to protect UK citizens is a priority. S LAWTON KIRTLINGTON

Letters in The Times and iPaper that reflect the views of British people far better than the deeply partisan, stupid and disloyal headlines of the rightwing press. Showing there is simply no issue on which they will just calm down and support a Labour govt. Not one. Not even in a war no one wants.

Trump threatens to halt trade with Spain over air base access Trump lashed out after Spain barred the US from using its military bases to carry out strikes on Iran.

Trump threatens to halt trade with Spain because its govt refused military base access.

The felon demands obedience and has tantrums when sovereign govts refuse to be part of his illegal war.

Tariff/Military wars are part of his delusions of world domination.

More need to resist.

Powerful commentary by @bearlypolitics.co.uk. Actually, in a curious way, made me proud to be British!

Newspapers that told their readers austerity, Brexit, Johnson & Truss would be brilliant are attacking the British Prime Minister for not unquestioningly following a lunatic President into an illegal attack. And on social media, he gets attacked from the other 'side' for doing the precise opposite!

Would that be because the Reform big boys have one or two rental properties? 🤔

PM statement on Iran: 1 March 2026 Prime Minister Keir Starmer's statement on Iran.

For those believing the mainstream media BS about the UK’s involvement in Trump’s illegal Iran war.

Get well soon! 🍀

Immigrant reports from a hostile environment. All she wanted was to make a better life for herself.

Striking parallel with Trump - useful idiot but also very dangerous idiot.

Scotland and Wales have brought in important new laws that aim to protect wildlife and help nature recover. These changes could be a big step forward for the recovery of bumblebees, other pollinators, and the many species that urgently need better protection.

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Ferrari is a huge turn off - I've reverted to the joyful tunes on Radio2 at drive times.

He'll still expect the Nobel peace prize though!

I say this constantly.

Well we can but hope...but then we wake up!

Will Chris Mason call for Badenoch to resign???

I say this repeatedly Tracey. However, I'd say would become not could.
Reform supporters don't see past the beer and fans image - turn a blind eye to his self-enrichment.

The most disturbing part is knowing ICE left a little girl alone and didn’t care.

Annabella was six years old when her dad was detained by ICE while he was picking up their food order. She stayed inside, waiting.

He never returned to her that day.

1/2

The video from Nigel Farage gives the impression that he was individually refused access.

Farage is in the Maldives.

200 miles away from the Chagos Islands which are not a
tourist destination.

Hasn't got the paperwork and wasn't on the 'aid boat' he's pointing at which is trying to establish a settlement for four people on the islands.

How is this serving Clacton? Who paid?

Sooooo has anyone any idea why Farage has time to go to the Chagos Islands on a chartered boat, and what as MP for Clacton he’s supposed to achieve for his constituents there❓

Nope.. well nor have his constituents.. Clacton is so much closer to HOP than Chagos and yet they haven’t seen him there❗️🤷🏼‍♂️

We too binged it...very enjoyable!

Surely honest Bob isn't fibbing???

Farage has announced his Shadow Cabinet, with no Health Secretary.

Presumably because if he becomes Prime Minister, there’ll be no NHS.

ALSO - if you missed out on your childhood measles vaccine and haven't had measles, you can get *free* MMR vaccination from your GP! (whether as an older child, teenager or adult).

I got my MMR about 10 years ago!

www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...

It’s almost a year since we learned that Farage’s girlfriend had nearly a mill Swilling around in cash to buy a house in Frinton.

In all that time not one super sleuth has found out how she had all that money.

I find that suspicious. Still.

This is absolutely heartbreaking 💔

Mia Valentina Paz Faria A 7-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Austin, Texas Detained for 70 days “I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

UPDATE: Staff at the ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas have begun raiding the dormitories of kids and their parents to confiscate and destroy letters from the children. This is in response to the ace reporting by @micarosenberg et al for ProPublica:

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.

Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.

www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

These words from the USA are just as true here...

"The culture wars are a smokescreen - because the real fight in this country is not left vs. right - it's TOP vs. BOTTOM."
-Rep. James Talarico

So good to see Caroline back and calling out Reform.

Same goes in Britain as in the USA...

"The culture wars are a smokescreen - because the real fight in this country is not left vs. right - it's TOP vs. BOTTOM."
-Rep. James Talarico