Middle East Mayhem

On Talk Drive, Kevin O’Sullivan is joined by Talk’s international editor Isabel Oakeshott, The Times and The Sunday Times columnist Matthew Syed, and Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Rick Gates for the latest on the escalating conflict involving Iran.They examine Keir Starmer’s defence of his initial decision not to allow the US to use UK bases for strikes against Iran, and the subsequent shift on Sunday when the UK did permit the use of British bases to target Iranian missile launchers.Donald Trump stated he was “very disappointed” the UK originally refused access to the Diego Garcia UK–US base, as the fallout from the killing of the Ayatollah continues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.