The British government responds to Donald Trump's criticism. “The Prime Minister drew conclusions”

Unexpectedly, Starmer's critics were joined on Friday by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair – also from the Labor Party – who said during one of his speeches that Britain should have supported the operation against Iran from the beginning, and that the alliance with the US was fundamental to its security.

“It's about us drawing conclusions”

— The point is for us to learn from some of the mistakes made in Iraq. I believe that is exactly what Keir Starmer did. (It's) also about us taking military action to defend countries vulnerable to attack by Iran because it is in the UK's national interest. However, we do not take actions that are not in our national interest, Cooper emphasized in an interview with Sky News when asked about Blair's words.

In an interview with the BBC, she emphasized that the role of the British Prime Minister is to act in the interests of his country, not the United States. — It is up to the US president to decide what is in the US national interest, and it is up to him to do it. “Our job as the UK government is to decide what is in the UK's national interest, and that doesn't mean simply agreeing with other countries or outsourcing our foreign policy to other countries,” she said.

Blair, as prime minister, decided in 2003 to allow Great Britain to participate in the war against Iraq as part of an international coalition led by the US, despite the lack of clear evidence that Baghdad possessed weapons of mass destruction. The questionable grounds for joining the war were the main reason for his resignation as prime minister in 2007. Cooper was part of Blair's government, holding a number of positions at the level of under-secretary of state and later deputy minister.