British Defence Secretary John Healey refused on Sunday to say whether the UK government agreed with the U.S.-Israeli strikes on the Islamist Iranian regime, prompting pushback from opposition parties.

In an interview with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday morning, Defence Secretary Healey stressed that Britain “played no part” in the American-led strikes on Iran on Saturday, while repeatedly refusing to say whether Downing Street supported the strikes in principle.

Iraqi-born former Chancellor Nadhim Zawahi, who recently defected from the Conservatives to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, added that the Defence Secretary’s performance was “sad”.

“Jo…

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