Starmer ‘Making Decisions With A Blindfold On’ As UK Relies On Trump | Oliver Wright
March 23, 2026
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as posted by the channel“Starmer was asked, how long is this going to go on for? And watching him, there's sort of a perplexed look that comes over his face.”
The UK government is struggling to navigate the Iran conflict amid mounting uncertainty, with key information increasingly coming via Donald Trump’s social media rather than traditional diplomatic channels, says The Times’s policy editor Oliver Wright.
Oliver Wright was speaking to Jane Garvey and Fi Glover on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday-Thursday from 2-4pm.
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