Prime Minister Keir Starmer has undermined the special relationship by his dithering and inadequate support for the United States in its conflict with Iran. The United Kingdom refused U.S. requests to use British air bases for strikes on Iran in the buildup to this conflict. Things have only gotten worse since the conflict began.

Starmer’s government says it is simply ensuring its conformity with international law. Being that Iran has engaged in systematic terrorist and other hostile activity against the U.S. and its allies, that legal concern takes on an absurdly overwrought dominance in Starmer’s mind.