Alex Phillips,/Image: Video screenshot via Talk
British journalist, broadcaster, and former politician, Alex Phillips, unloaded on the UK government under Prime Minister Keir Starmer in a segment on Talk (formerly TalkTV) on March 3rd.
Phillips discussed the current actions in Iran, noting the UK’s lack of a prepared military, including the failure to promptly deploy a naval ship to protect Cyprus (specifically its sovereign military base at RAF Akrotiri) during the ongoing Iran conflict. An Iranian-made drone struck RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, damaging the runway but causing no casualties.
Initially, Starmer limited British base use to defensive operations only, but later U-turned to allow US forces limited access for strikes on Iranian missile sites/launchers in “collective self-defence.”
On March 3, in response to the drone strike and growing threats, the UK announced the deployment of HMS Dragon (a Type 45 air-defence destroyer equipped with Sea Viper missiles for anti-missile/drone roles) to the eastern Mediterranean, along with two Wildcat helicopters fitted for counter-drone operations. The ship, however, in planned maintenance and will take time to arrive.
Phillips noted that action in Iran should have been obvious to anyone paying attention, and Starmer’s incompetence and failure of planning, intelligence, and foresight have left the UK’s interests in peril.
“It horrifies me to read that. And Jake is right, our amazing armed forces deserve all the credibility, they deserve good resources, they deserve to have our full support, they deserve to be protected, for crying out loud. We were exposed out there. We knew that there was going to be war in that region, and we have left them undefended,” Phillps stated. “And now France and Greece are having to run to our rescue.”
“Do you know what? I’ve got a message not just for this Prime Minister, but all of you, all of you, for the past 20 years, you have been self-indulgent. You have been naive. Your policy principles have had totally the wrong priorities. It’s been about keeping your seats, gaining your seats, pandering to communities who will never vote for you, who do not have our interests at heart.”
“You didn’t stop those pro-Palestine marches. You didn’t prescribe the Muslim Brotherhood. You didn’t prescribe the IRGC. You were weak in support of Israel. You sabotaged our self-sufficiency when it comes to energy production, concreting those oil wells, banning exploratory drilling in the North Sea.”
“What on earth do you think you’re doing? You’re domestic terrorists! You’re sabotaging this nation. You’re compromising food security by attacking the farmers. Well, guess what? When international maritime shipping routes close down, food can no longer reach our island.”
“Everything that this government, and quite frankly previous governments, have been doing for far too long now has been pathetic. It’s been weak-willed. It has had its eye off the ball. It has been narcissistic. It’s been about looking good in public. And at the same time, you have put Britain in a desperately precarious situation.”
“You’ve flooded this land with foreign enemies. You have not secured our borders because of pandering to out-of-date, not fit for purpose international law and treaties that belong in the dustbin of history, that defend our enemies and straitjacket our ability to defend ourselves.”
“You have bowed down at the altar to every single dangerous, perilous, pathetic, and weak woke ideology out there, filling up your shopping cart, showering yourself in faux moral glory. Well, look at where we are now.”
“We’re not able to defend our RAF base. We are completely out of the picture, not trusted by our allies. In fact, they’re having to rush to our defense.”
“We’ve got the highest energy prices in the world, and guess what? With the cost of gas going up 90%, we’re gonna be hit hard.”
“Qatar, the one person who was supplying us with liquefied natural gas, well, they’re not going to be able to anymore. And are we self-sufficient? Are we resilient? No! Because everyone who’s been in power just thinks war is a distant thing that won’t happen to them.”
“What is more important is rainbow lanyards and pronouns. You’re pathetic! Look what you’ve done to this country, the lot of you, for crying out loud! Right, got that off my chest, didn’t I?”
Watch:
Alex Phillips unleashes fury on Talk – Labour’s blind spot on defence has left Britain dangerously weak in the Middle East, forcing France and Greece to bail us out.
What a disgrace!
She’s pure fire – counting the days until she’s a Reform MP.
We need more like her standing… pic.twitter.com/DrWcUe4u7Z
— UKJ0N (@ukJ0N) March 3, 2026
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