About this episode
The episode discusses the escalating conflict with Iran and the implications for UK foreign policy and military readiness.
You can watch this episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/KQ1dUe4FxZ0 As conflict with Iran hots up across the Middle East, your co-pilot blast in to make sense of the madness. Strapping into the rocket is Dr Alan Mendoza, Co-Founder and Executive Director of The Henry Jackson Society to give his expertise on the conflict and how the ‘special relationship’ is faring as the PM holds back on British intervention. Allison thinks delays to assisting US forces has left the UK as ‘billy no mates’ should we need military help in the future. Liam looks at the economic fallout as the Strait of Hormuz is closed and this could send the cost of living soaring again for the British people. Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor | Read Allison ‘Rachel Reeves’s Freudian slip betrayed the truth about this Government’: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03/04/rachel-reeves-freudian-slip/ | Read Allison ‘Trump is right. Starmer has humiliated the land of Churchill’ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03/03/starmers-cowardice-over-iran-shames-britain/ |…
People in this episode
Hosts: Allison, Liam
Guest: Dr Alan Mendoza
Topics covered
- Iran conflict
- UK foreign policy
- US military assistance
- economic impact
- political commentary
Keywords
- Iran
- UK
- US
- military
- economy
- Starmer
- Trump
- Strait of Hormuz
- foreign policy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Henry Jackson Society
Places: Iran, UK, US, Britain, Strait of Hormuz
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