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PMQs Exposes How Starmer Is ‘Constrained’ By His Cabinet On Iran
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March 4, 2026
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50:54Now Playing"The cabinet was not united on this, there were different views. That has constrained what Downing Street has been able to do.”
The “distinctive murmurs” behind the prime minister throughout PMQs expose the different views within Labour that are “constraining” Keir Starmer’s reaction to Iran, particularly at a time that the party is sensitive to losing votes to the Greens, says Tim Shipman.
The Times's chief political commentator Patrick Maguire, the former Sunday Times's Tim Shipman, and The Times's politics newsletter editor Stefan Boscia were speaking to Hugo Rifkind for PMQs Unpacked on Times Radio. Listen live every Wednesday from midday.
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