Stability in the Middle East is a Priority? Try Stability at Home First, Mr Starmer

As the dust settles on yet another round of Western strikes in the Middle East — this time the US targeting sites in Iran — Sir Keir Starmer steps forward to parrot the usual script: “Stability in the Middle East must be the priority.” It’s the sort of polished, meaningless line that sounds good on a world stage but does nothing to address the chaos back here at home. Because let’s be clear: Starmer doesn’t serve the Middle East. He serves Britain. Or at least, he’s supposed to.

While rockets fly in Iran, the cracks in Britain are becoming craters. We have families skipping meals, a health system bursting at the seams, police forces failing to show up when called, and small boats turning up on our shores daily — but we’re told that stabilising the Middle East is top of the to-do list?

It’s typical of this new breed of politician: obsessed with global posturing, yet blind to the everyday collapse of life in their own country. There’s always a summit, a statement, or a staged handshake, but rarely a clear answer on fixing our roads, hospitals, housing crisis or sky-high cost of living.

Starmer may want to sound like a statesman, but frankly, his priorities betray the very people he claims to represent. He has very little to say about knife crime plaguing our cities, the breakdown of law and order, or the growing sense that Britain is slowly being dismantled, not just economically, but culturally too.

It’s one thing to condemn violence and advocate for peace abroad, but quite another to ignore the unrest and instability taking hold at home. How stable is Britain when illegal immigration continues without control? When police kneel for protestors but can’t attend burglaries? When the very values that built this country — responsibility, family, community, and tradition — are being swept away in favour of box-ticking politics and imported ideology?

We all want peace — no one denies that. But Starmer’s job is not to play global diplomat. His job is to lead Britain, fix Britain, and protect British interests. What are British troops doing anywhere near Iranian territory? What are we risking British lives and resources for, while struggling to maintain order on our own shores?

The irony is glaring: while Labour shouts about stability in Tehran, they can’t even offer consistency in Westminster. Their own policies flip depending on the day’s focus group. Their shadow cabinet is a house of cards, and their promises — be it on immigration, energy, or tax — collapse under the slightest scrutiny.

The British people are not stupid. They see through the carefully worded statements and pre-rehearsed lines. They want a government that puts Britain first — not in some nationalist slogan, but in practical reality. Deal with our crumbling infrastructure. Stand up for law and order. Support British workers and British families. And for once, stop trying to play the moral compass for the rest of the world when your own country is so badly off course.

Starmer may enjoy the lights and attention of global politics, but what Britain really needs is a leader with boots on the ground, eyes on the real issues, and a backbone to stand up to the mess we’re in. Until then, foreign policy statements are little more than hot air from a party that’s lost touch with the people it claims to serve.