Rory Stewart

We'd loathe the Iranian regime, we'd long for it to be gone.

But when you are highly suspicious of the motives, unsure whether this is thought through, you do worry that this

This could go any which way, and it'd be hard to work out the truth because Trump's going to declare huge success whatever happens.

Or even from the American constitution, because the American constitution says only Congress can declare war.

And he, Trump actually called this war today.

Now, before he's been a bit careful on that.

He's not talked about war because that is the American Constitution.

But what he's showing yet again is he believes he can do whatever he wants, regardless of the American system and regardless of the United Nations or indeed his allies.

It's not clear to me how many others.

I was reading Der Spiegel this morning.

They said Merz had been informed and Merz is due to go to Washington this week.

I don't know whether the Brits were informed.

I don't know whether, I just don't know.

But I don't know, have you seen anybody outside the kind of really obvious ones, like Israel, have you seen anybody openly endorse this so far?

The only thing I've seen from the UK is a line from, I'm guessing number 10, the UK did not, or this may be a reporting on it, the UK did not participate in the strikes

Keir Starmer will convene a COBRA meeting this morning.

That's the Cabinet Office Briefing Room A, where they have these sort of national security meetings.

UK government statement does not endorse the US operation.

That's the report saying that.

And the quote was this, Iran must never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon.