Keir Starmer accuses Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch of 'screeching U-turn' over Iran war during PMQs

Susanna Siddell

By Susanna Siddell


Published: 11/03/2026

- 13:00

Updated: 11/03/2026

- 13:02

Sir Keir Starmer has taken a jibe at Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch over their responses to the Iran war during a fiery rendition of Prime Minister's Questions.

The Labour leader further accused Mrs Badenoch of performing a "screeching U-turn" over her previous support for US-Israeli strikes on Tehran during the heated row.

Bellowing across the despatch box, Sir Keir boasted: "Mr Speaker, in the last two weeks, I've made two of the most important decisions a Prime Minister can make.

"The first is that we should not join the war in Iran. The second is we should protect British lives and the British national interest.

"The Leader of the Opposition decided that we should join the war against Iran. A week later, that we should not join the war against Iran and to insult our Armed Forces.

"She has utterly disqualified herself from ever becoming Prime Minister. Thankfully, she never will," he slammed.

He added: "That is a screeching U-turn."

The Prime Minister later accused the two right-wingers of being "spooked by supporting a war without thinking through the consequences".

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