Minister dismisses Trump’s claim Starmer is ‘no Churchill’ – UK politics live

James Murray says PM has approached Middle East crisis with a ‘cool head’ amid repeated criticism of UK’s position from US president Hello and welcome to the UK politics live blog. A government minister has dismissed Donald Trump’s claim that Keir Starmer is no “Winston Churchill” , arguing that the prime minister had approached the situation with a “cool head, a real clarity of purpose” and “a determination to do the right thing for the British people”. No, look, president Trump has expressed his disagreement with the decision that we took about joining those initial strikes on Iran over the weekend.