Iran Crisis: Trump Sidelines Starmer, UK Defence Fears And £40K Migrant Exit Payments Row
Talk Breakfast
Ricky Freelove
4.3 • 763 Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2026
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Jeremy Kyle reacts to Sir Keir Starmer facing mounting criticism after reports that President Donald Trump has excluded Britain from key diplomatic discussions on the escalating Iran crisis. With tensions rising across the Middle East, Jeremy asks whether the UK–US “special relationship” is weakening and what it means for Britain’s global influence.
Jeremy is joined by former Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and General Sir Nick Parker, former Commander-in-Chief of UK Land Forces, to assess the military reality behind the headlines. As conflict intensifies and allies ramp up their deployments, they warn Britain’s armed forces face growing questions over funding, readiness and whether the UK still has the credible deterrent needed in a more dangerous world.
The programme also tackles a major political row over proposals to offer migrants up to £40,000 to leave the UK and return to their home countries. Jeremy speaks to Zia Yusuf, Reform UK’s Shadow Home Secretary, as critics say the plan could be costly and open to abuse, while supporters argue it could reduce pressure on the asylum system.
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| 0:00.0 | The home of common sense. This is talk. I say a very good morning to a man who I absolutely know |
| 0:08.6 | would agree with me. Ben Habib, former deputy leader of reform, how I am, honestly this week, Ben, |
| 0:14.8 | I don't think I've been more embarrassed to be British and I hate to even contemplate saying that. |
| 0:21.4 | Yeah, well, it's not the first thought that comes from. |
| 0:25.5 | I'm embarrassed by our ineptitude, by our government's ineptitude. |
| 0:29.6 | You know, if you cast your mind back to 1991, the first Gulf War, which was a just war, |
| 0:35.5 | a war to liberate Kuwait. The British armed forces were spectacular. |
| 0:42.9 | No! |
| 0:44.0 | We did bombing guns, which the Americans couldn't undertake. |
| 0:48.3 | I completely agree. |
| 0:49.3 | You cut out there. |
| 0:50.1 | Sorry, mate. |
| 0:50.6 | You cut out for a second there. |
| 0:52.4 | When you look at Stama's response, when you consider the way he's acted, how do we look internationally, Ben? |
| 1:01.6 | We look weak, and it's not just a matter of how he reacted. |
| 1:06.4 | It's the fact that we are incapable of getting our act together. |
| 1:11.1 | As you've rightly pointed out, that destroyer is still in the British harbor. |
| 1:15.3 | It hasn't even left port yet. |
| 1:17.3 | Perhaps, perhaps it's leaving today, but it hasn't even left port yet. |
| 1:21.5 | We, you know, we rule the waves. |
| 1:24.7 | We now can't get a flipping ship out to a war zone in under two weeks. |
| 1:29.3 | It is absolutely pathetic. And then when he says the route to de-escalation is for Iran to disarm, |
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