How Tony Blair's Legacy Affects Keir Starmer's Foreign Policy

As Britain watches a deeply volatile conflict between Israel, the United States, Iran and other parts of the Middle East, Keir Starmer finds himself in a major foreign policy test, and his instincts are as closely scrutinized as his domestic polling.Starmer has taken a quite cautious legal approach, refusing to commit the UK to offensive strikes on Iran and insisting that British military action must be lawful and clearly in the national interest. That stance has drawn sharp rebukes from US President Donald Trump, and critics at home who argue he's wobbling under pressure. But behind this modern dilemma is a long shadow, the legacy of Tony Blair and the Iraq War, whose legal and strategic controversies still shape how Labour approaches military intervention. So today, we're asking, is Starmer's stance in Iran defined by principle or just by a fear of repeating the mistakes of BlairismJoining Ciara to discuss this is Glen O’Hara - Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Oxford Brookes University and author of New Labour, New Britain?: How the Blair Governments Reshaped the Country