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Hello, I'm Susan Hume and this is the Yesterday in Parliament podcast. On Monday,

the 2nd of March, MPs reacted to the dramatic events in the Middle East. With nearly

every seat in the chamber taken, the Prime Minister benefited from the broadest range of opinion and

advice from MPs on the Iran War.

Can I thank him for his cool head in this engagement?

Why the weak need response from the government, that we're limiting our bases to defensive

actions.

How much does he enjoy being Donald Trump's poodle?

Well, despite all those insights, the Prime Minister had to make his own decision, or indeed two of them.

He said he'd first decided not to get involved in the offensive attacks by the US and Israel on Iran.

But once Iran hit back, he made a second decision

to allow British bases to be used in defensive action

on behalf of allies and Britons.

We all remember the mistakes of Iraq.

And we have learned those lessons.

Any UK actions must always have a lawful basis and a viable thought through plan.

The Prime Minister and the Conservative leader did agree on one thing that the Iranian regime was brutal and abhorrent.

But Kemi Badenuk thought he was going the

wrong way about tackling it. According to her legal advice, there was nothing wrong with striking Iran.

The President of the United States has taken the extraordinary step of rebuking the Prime Minister

publicly, saying he took far too long to grant access.

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