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Keir Starmer

UK Prime Minister since July 2024; Labour leader facing a May 2026 leadership crisis.

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#813 May

Disputed via Downing Street the claim that a referendum meeting had been agreed

UK Local Elections 2026: Bute House, No 10 split on phone call
#813 May

Received resignation letter from Streeting and rejected calls to stand down

UK Local Elections 2026: Health Sec Streeting walks on Starmer
#811 May
#7520 Apr
#7320 Apr
Hosted northwood planning summitUPUK Permanent Joint Headquarters
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#7017 Apr

Co-chaired 40-nation Paris Hormuz conference alongside Macron

Iran Conflict 2026: Paris drafts the Hormuz passage mission
#7117 Apr
#7317 Apr
Co convened paris hormuz conference byEMEmmanuel Macron
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#6914 Apr
#6713 Apr

refused US blockade and led rival 40-nation Hormuz reopening coalition

Iran Conflict 2026: UK leads 40-nation rival coalition against blockade
#826 Mar

authorised Royal Navy interdiction of shadow fleet

Russia-Ukraine War 2026: Royal Navy to board sanctioned tankers
#4623 Mar
#4522 Mar

Faced a Corbyn bill requiring parliamentary approval for foreign base use

Iran Conflict 2026: 58% of Britons oppose US use of UK bases
#4522 Mar

Faced a cross-party coalition opposing British involvement in Iran ops

Iran Conflict 2026: Corbyn bill demands vote before base use
#4522 Mar

Deployed four additional Typhoon jets to Qatar for defensive operations

Iran Conflict 2026: UK cross-party revolt against Iran war
#4420 Mar
#4420 Mar

Faced polling showing 58% of Britons opposed base use for Iran strikes

Iran Conflict 2026: UK attorney general: war unlawful
#4419 Mar

Received legal advice that the US-Israeli strikes lacked legal basis

Iran Conflict 2026: Iran fires two missiles at Diego Garcia
#516 Mar
#3815 Mar

Signed an enhanced security and defence declaration with Zelenskyy

Iran Conflict 2026: Every named ally refuses Hormuz escort
#225 Mar
#143 Mar

Named as reluctant member of Trump's proposed Hormuz escort coalition

Iran Conflict 2026: HRW demands freeze of arms to Israel
#122 Mar

Co-signed an E3 statement condemning Iranian attacks on Gulf states

Iran Conflict 2026: Europe condemns Iran; not the strikes
#102 Mar

Named in Human Rights Watch's call for military-aid suspension

Iran Conflict 2026: Two drones intercepted near Akrotiri
#92 Mar

Authorised US use of Diego Garcia and RAF Fairford on 1 March

Iran Conflict 2026: UK opens Diego Garcia for Iran strikes
#92 Mar

Faced a drone strike on RAF Akrotiri within hours of that authorisation

Iran Conflict 2026: Akrotiri struck after UK opened bases
#92 Mar

Told Parliament Britain would not join offensive action against Iran

Iran Conflict 2026: Britain will not join offensive on Iran
#71 Mar

Authorised US use of British bases for operations against Iran

Iran Conflict 2026: Akrotiri struck after UK opened bases