Donald Trump has taken a number of steps to create war in Iran including ripping up the Iran Nuclear Agreement; escalated crippling sanctions; designating their military as terrorists and sending more troops and aircraft into the Region

Here in the UK, both candidates for the Tory party leadership ( and hence the next Prime Minister )  – Jeremy Hunt & Boris Johnson – are competing between themselves  to aligning with Trump while Teresa May is being left in the dark about what the US is actually doing. So much for the special relationship.

So British government should call for restraint and deescalation and explicitly rule out military options with Trumps administration dangerous brinksmanship in the Middle East.