Cabinet ministers said to have opposed US use of British bases for military operation against Iran – UK politics live

A number of ministers voiced their strong opposition to Donald Trump using British airbases to attack Iran’s missile capability, according to a reportKemi Badenoch has said the UK should take offensive action against Iran after UK bases were attacked.“We need to do what we can to stop the ability for these attacks to take place,” the Tory leader told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.If your principle is, we will only wait until we are attacked rather than dealing with imminent threats properly, then we will be in a lot of trouble.Being realistic is not gung ho. I don’t want a wider war.But sometimes the best way to de-escalate a situation is to try and finish it quickly, rather than let it drag out because you don’t want to get involved.John Healey has flown to Cyprus to calm the diplomatic fallout over a drone that evaded detection and hit an RAF base,