Nigel Farage has said he does not want to see British boots on the ground in Iran, as he warned against a “huge mistake”.
The Reform UK leader described Sir Keir Starmer’s response to the conflict in the Middle East as “pathetic” as he backed the actions of the US and Israel.
Asked whether he would back British boots on the ground to force a regime change in Tehran, the Reform UK leader said: “I don’t want to do that. I think that would be a huge mistake.”
Mr Farage made reference to Iranians who had been massacred in their tens of thousands during recent protests and said regime change would represent a “great liberation.”
He added: “We couldn’t put boots on the ground, we have barely got an army left. Even if we wanted to do it, we don’t have the operational capacity to attempt anything on that scale that would be meaningful at all.
“I don’t want us to get dragged into it, but there is a heck of a lot what we can do to help and support our allies on this.
“If not boots on the ground, it is Royal Air Force, it is Royal Navy and it is intelligence.”
