BREAKING: Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK will play a more active role in the Middle East following the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria news.sky.com/story/sir-ke... - ThreadSky

peterstefanovic.bsky.social • 116 days ago

BREAKING: Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK will play a more active role in the Middle East following the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria
https://news.sky.com/story/sir-keir-starmer-says-uk-will-play-our-part-on-world-stage-as-he-announces-further-aid-for-syria-13270404

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penyrheolgerrig.bsky.social•116 days ago

Why can’t the British Government keep out of the affairs of Syria?

The British Empire ceased to be in the 1960s and Starmer thinks the UK is still relevant in World affairs.

For goodness sake.

karljohnsonuk.bsky.social•116 days ago

Isn't that what started all this??

exrevtony.bsky.social•116 days ago

Best not, eh Keir?
How about a "more active role" in Europe instead?
You know, join the Single Market?
At least that won't involve killing people.

stewiem.bsky.social•116 days ago

Is this man an even greater fool than I thought?

lubo88.bsky.social•116 days ago

So even more genocide on the horizon.

emiljones.bsky.social•116 days ago

The UK's problems are but background noise to Starmer.

padraigpostal.bsky.social•116 days ago

Perhaps, just perhaps, after the Foreign Secretary acknowledged that conflict in Syria may 'generate' migrants (asylum seekers) a 'less active' role may be best?
Especially since the new 'Government' may be on 'banned' terrorist list, meanwhile Home Office 'suspends Asylum claims...?

mikebovril.bsky.social•116 days ago

How about we concentrate on the war on Europe’s actual borders instead. And why is the Middle East such a priority for a supposedly net zero government?

blue-eyedsamurai01.bsky.social•116 days ago

Until the dust settles, discussions can't be held. That goes for all countries.

It would be ridiculously naive to start score groups off the list.

Not to mention, the rebels are not a single united force, they comprise of many individual factions holding their own ideals.

blue-eyedsamurai01.bsky.social•116 days ago

I do hope, as I'm sure many do, that a positive approach to future relations is desired.

mrrobertbob.bsky.social•116 days ago

Sure…’cos everything is so peachy at home he has the spare time. 🙄

Apologies……..I think I’m channeling Victor Meldrew tonight.

chris7th.bsky.social•116 days ago

😂😂

sinurata.bsky.social•116 days ago

Did you read the article? he literally said that the "more active role" would be for the benefit of people here, including pushing harder for a ceasefire in Gaza and committing to £11 million in humanitarian aid for the people of Syria.

mrrobertbob.bsky.social•116 days ago

I did, let's see what he actually does. 🙂

sinurata.bsky.social•116 days ago

Then why don't you react to what he actually does than to what you appear to think he said?

mrrobertbob.bsky.social•116 days ago

Because he is not doing anything🤷‍♂️.

bicerin.bsky.social•116 days ago

Starmer should maybe read a book first. The history of UK involvement in the ME is pretty catastrophic. We’d do them all a favour by staying out - oh, and that includes not aiding & abetting Israel in its war crimes and genocide.

rolandbutter.bsky.social•116 days ago

Or so he hopes. I think there's an "intends to" missing somewhere.

wurzle.bsky.social•116 days ago

Haven't we done enough to fuck that part of the world up already?

beachcroww.bsky.social•116 days ago

And around we go again. Got to keep those arms dealers fed.

lordstanley77.bsky.social•116 days ago

How could that possibly go wrong? 🤔😀

oldhuman2.bsky.social•116 days ago

He could play a more active role in saving Birmingham. But he won't.

suelawfy.bsky.social•116 days ago

Well we've such a wonderful history of previous interventions in the Middle East, haven't we? I'm sure Syria is gagging for our "help" 🤷🏼‍♀️🙈

iskragoch.bsky.social•116 days ago

Talks a lot, doesn't he. Actions, not words, please.

redclydeside.bsky.social•116 days ago

The UK should not play an active role in Syria. Just ask
Palestine
Cyprus
India
Afghanistan
Ireland
And just about every other country that was part of the British Empire.
But who knows we might get a trade deal with them 😂

neofytou.cy•116 days ago

The UK is always looking for a country to destroy. If they cannot find one, they do that to themselves.

emekakman.bsky.social•116 days ago

Active role’ in the Middle East? I think history just booked a therapy session.

gingerdavey30.bsky.social•116 days ago

The only active role we should play is to Free Palestine - apart from that we've done more than enough damage in the Middle East

sinurata.bsky.social•116 days ago

Read the fucking article for christs sake. He literally talks about this as a part of the more active role.

gingerdavey30.bsky.social•116 days ago

Where's the condemnation of Israel and the genocide? None of that in the article is just the usual BS about "pushing for a ceasefire" whilst doing absolutely nothing.

Also on the weekend McFadden said Labour supported Israel in its bombing of Syria to "secure itself"

rolandbutter.bsky.social•116 days ago

Exactly. The usual platitude word salad, hostages blah, ceasefire blah, suffering, blah, Gaza blah.

Starmer's always about what he intends to do, never what he has done.

freddies.bsky.social•116 days ago

It seems that he's still ignoring the genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza .

paulbriley.bsky.social•116 days ago

Expect 100s of thousands of more refugees flooding to the UK then. Will we fess up that our warmongering policies are to blame when they turn up on our coasts!

I guess not!

al196.bsky.social•116 days ago

We have trust issue in dealing with Middle East matters.

rphitch.bsky.social•116 days ago

Yes we did so well after the 2nd WW leaving it for people to scrap over.

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