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Burnham ‘approves use of British military bases for US strikes on Iran’ as Trump vows he’s ‘not finished at all’
The Sun ^ | July 21 2026 | Gergana Krasteva

Posted on 07/21/2026 2:00:31 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

ANDY Burnham has given the go-ahead to the US to use British military bases for “defensive strikes” against Iran, it has been reported.

The new PM has continued with Keir Starmer’s controversial policy – with Donald Trump vowing today he is “not finished yet”.

RAF bases like Fairford and Diego Garcia can continue to be used by the Americans to strike the Islamic Republic, Bloomberg reports.

It is the first major judgment by the Labour leader, who risked coming to blows with Donald Trump if he declined access to US aircraft.

(Excerpt) Read more at the-sun.com ...


TOPICS: Iran; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: diegogarcia; fairford; iran; johnpauljones

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1 posted on 07/21/2026 2:00:31 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican
Trump might not be finished, but come November the voters will be finished.

2 posted on 07/21/2026 2:01:37 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

You won’t like what happens next if the rats get Congress back.


3 posted on 07/21/2026 2:07:39 PM PDT by iamgalt ( )
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To: iamgalt

Well unfortunately they’re going to be because of the shitshow in the Middle East


4 posted on 07/21/2026 2:11:01 PM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

“Trump might not be finished, but come November the voters will be finished.”

In other words, Americans will yearn for twenty million more unwashed illegal immigrants, twenty percent inflation, the complete end of Americ as we know it, etc., (like you) just because Trump has stopped Iran from possession of a nuclear weapon.


5 posted on 07/21/2026 2:12:06 PM PDT by odawg
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To: MinorityRepublican

I’m sure Trump was sitting on pins and needles waiting for his “approval.”


6 posted on 07/21/2026 2:12:21 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: odawg
I certainly don't look forward to that prospect.

I always vote MAGA straight ticket, fair weather or foul. President Trump can appoint himself
Shah of Iran, and I will still vote MAGA straight ticket.

7 posted on 07/21/2026 2:20:58 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: iamgalt

rats gonna rat


8 posted on 07/21/2026 2:21:00 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

unfortunately the only way the GOP doesn’t suffer is if we win (soon) in Iran.

Yes he messed up, but just quitting and letting Iran continue to bomb our bases while we do nothing. And letting Iran drive gas prices up by shutting down the strait or charging for “safe passage”.

Now that we are in it...the only way they don’t lose in Nov is if he wins it.


9 posted on 07/21/2026 2:28:33 PM PDT by for-q-clinton
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To: for-q-clinton
Win it fast. Too many pauses for fantasy island "deals". President Trump has to look himself in the mirror and tell himself that there will NEVER be any deals. Not now. Not ever. As bad as he wants it, the reality is that there will be NO deals. President Trump has met his Waterloo.

Just kill them all and come home. That is a deal I can live with.

10 posted on 07/21/2026 2:37:07 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Maybe this spares my McVittie’s Digestives from facing new tariffs or worse.

https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=118f5480411566d2&udm=2&fbs=ABfTbFVyMZGZf1hfvX9uKjN_-G8cqCQj_06QnZs315LoFmPf5bBLHMJ0vMQmTbuI72DM7jmSm18uaHUIcIw77cYBDAp2cWq8_uMKmJ1HlImTFIfxtmeM7pX7AD292Pldeg6G772oVNRSthILFduaLIAtTiR5QtJtbDoXgLCNZ8G40mnkAdPYqr2i1YqKlVjd21jYWd4HCKgU6N2RUfy7jwsQN-Yg9mEJwQ&q=images+McVities+Digestives&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwisjrSC3eSVAxU8lSsGHeBBEIYQtKgLegQIERAB&biw=1316&bih=621&dpr=1.21#sv=CAMSURoyKhBlLUdqeEJCMWl0ZTMxNTZNMg5HanhCQjFpdGUzMTU2TToObEdSOFlnalhIR0Q5c00gBCoXCgFzEhBlLUdqeEJCMWl0ZTMxNTZNGAEwARgHINb69JoJSggQARgBIAEoAQ


11 posted on 07/21/2026 2:38:30 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

One radio host (Maybe Alex Marlow?) said our hawks will be unsatisfied if one American bomb and one American missile are not dropped onto Iran before this is over.


12 posted on 07/21/2026 2:40:52 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: iamgalt

That is true. But it won’t be the fault of the voters.


13 posted on 07/21/2026 2:44:27 PM PDT by dforest
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

RE: Just kill them all and come home. That is a deal I can live with.

“Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius”
As documented in the writings of the Catholic German monk Caesarius of Heisterbach after being told there are some good Catholics among the targeted enemies. Latin for:
“Kill them. The Lord knows those that are His”. This was derived from the Bible passage 2 Timothy 2:19 (”The Lord knoweth them that are His.”


14 posted on 07/21/2026 2:44:46 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

“Trump might not be finished, but come November the voters will be finished.”

well, you and those finished voters will be very happy to know that the new regime will:

bend the knee to the Manchester Guardian and NBC/CBS/ABC/CMM/MSNOW

then reinstate CAFE standards, reinstate the entire “green” agenda that the hated Trump recently dismantled, fire up 20$ inflation again, quit domestic drilling so the USA can become dependent again for our fuel from countries that hate our guts, follow EU’s lead and ban air conditioning, cut defense spending so we become defenseless and all other nations [including fake “allies”] will wipe their boots on us, mandate that only EVs can be manufactured and sold ten years from now, ban electricity generated from coal and natural gas, ban all natural gas appliances, reopen the borders to however many billions of USA-hating peasants and terrorists can flood in and get free housing, free medical care, free food and free everything else, reinstate the trillions of dollars of fraud recently being uncovered and prosecuted, rerig all elections so ONLY democrats can ever be elected again, reinstate the fascist control of all media that the hated Trump dismantled, and much, much more ...


15 posted on 07/21/2026 2:56:21 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

You do know this only ends one way with the left correct?


16 posted on 07/21/2026 3:19:29 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Defensive


17 posted on 07/21/2026 3:35:49 PM PDT by bwest
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To: MinorityRepublican

The 7th Prime Minister of England in 10 years.
This one not even elected but chosen.
Andy Burnham looks just like Keir Starmer !
https://davidswebsite.com/freerepublic/andy-keir.png


18 posted on 07/21/2026 5:05:07 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Making money now. Still want much more.)
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