Starmer has virtually accused Israel of lying.
It is reprehensible how Israel’s interests are neglected and spun in the mainstream media and among leftist elites. Warnings about Iran’s ballistic missile ability did not just emerge in the midst of Israel and America’s war on Iran. In January, Iran Watch reported that “Iran’s missile arsenal remains one of the largest and most diverse in the Middle East… U.S. Central Command’s General Kenneth McKenzie stated that Iran possessed ‘over 3,000’ ballistic missiles.” In 2015, Iran formalized a “self-imposed” missile-range limit of 2,000 km. But this limit depends on the Islamic Republic of Iran itself, which could easily abandon that limit for a much longer range, if equipped “with a lighter warhead.”
Iran Watch also points out Iran’s desperate urgency to multiply its missile arsenal over the past few months, which was and is cause for grave concern.
“Minister insists UK is safe from Iranian missiles as Israel accused of exaggerating threat,” by Kate Devlin, Independent, March 22, 2026:
Israel’s warnings about Iran possessing long-range ballistic missiles capable of reaching the UK are exaggerated, a senior minister has suggested, as the government played down claims that Tehran could target Britain.
Tel Aviv issued a stark warning on Saturday that Iranian missiles are a threat to European cities – including London, Paris and Berlin – after two ballistic missiles were unsuccessfully fired by Iran towards the UK-US Diego Garcia military base on the Chagos Islands.
But Israel was accused of exaggerating the threat to build support for the war, even as experts suggested Britain would be left vulnerable if Iran did have the capability to hit the UK.
Insisting that the UK is safe from Iranian threats, housing secretary Steve Reed told Sky News’s Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips programme: “We have systems and defences in place that keep the United Kingdom safe, and that will continue to happen.”
He repeatedly refused to say how close the missiles had come to Diego Garcia, which is thousands of miles from Iran, but insisted that the fact that one was intercepted and the other failed shows “that our defensive capabilities are correct”.
Asked later if he accepted reports that the UK could be hit by Iranian missiles, he told Times Radio: “No. There’s no assessment that I’m aware of that says either that the Iranians would target Europe, or even that they could if they wanted to.”…
Billy says
Deny-Deny-Deny. Deceive-Deceive-Deceive. The corrupted thinking of our Western Leaders is incomprehensibly cemented to protect totalitarian Islam and its Muslims against all Non-Muslims despite the clear evidence of Muslim rape, discrimination, segregation, violence, and terrorism throughout every society as taught in Islam’s Qur’an(Qur’an 9:5, 29, 111; 49:15, etc.). Allah in Qur’an 49:15 teaches, “Surely the believers[Muslims] are only those who believed in Allah and his messenger. They do not doubt, and they performed JIHAD with their MONEY and their LIVES for the sake of Allah. Those are the truthful.”
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Problem is that even if it were easier to strike Britain than Israel, the islamic regime would rather launch an unsuccessful attack on Israel than a successful one on Britian. Which prevents Israel from saying to London, “Okay, let’s see you put your money where your mouth is”
In the meantime, Trump is signaling that Iran is ready for talks, but if those commitments have been made by Pezeshkian or Araghchi, they are worthless, since they have zero power to hold back the IRGC/Basij. Israel should expedite the removal of this regime, so that transitional efforts can be started towards a secular democracy
Cathryn M Paradise says
Israel was stating a fact forgetting that the UK has already become a Muslim controlled nation. making the UK safe from Iran’s missles as are France and Germany which are gradually surrendering to Islamic control.
ploome says
Britain is lost..
James Lincoln says
If Iranian missiles can reach Diego Garcia, they can reach London.
gravenimage says
The UK is a bit further–but not by much…
Jekabzeel says
That may be what it takes to get their attention.
Stacy says
housing secretary Steve Reed is now an EXPERT on military weapons and especially for another country?
That is part of the problem. These people they bring forth to speak about topics they know nothing about… But present them as experts because they are from the government… And the useful idiots on the left listen to them and believe them while ignoring the real experts
Ralph says
During the early years of WWII, residents of London knew to run to the “Underground” rail stations as a refuge from Hitler’s incessant (for a year) bombing raids. If those underground rail stations are still in use, I urge all Londoners to memorize their locations.
gravenimage says
UK dismisses Israeli warning about Iran’s missiles ability to reach Britain
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Would Starmer care, in any case?