Polanski presents actual opposition to illegal Iran war

Zack Polanski is right- the UK wants nothing to do with Trump’s war

Green Party leader Zack Polanski has slammed prime minister Keir Starmer’s weakness as war criminals Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu wage war on Iran. He rightly said the UK overwhelmingly opposes the reckless, unprovoked, regime-change war. But establishment voices, including Reform’s Nigel Farage, think differently.

Zack Polanski, "The majority of people in this country do not want our UK bases used by US military (to attack Iran)"

"Starmer can't stand up to Trump" pic.twitter.com/6AFkt608KG

— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) March 2, 2026

The UK opposes US-Israeli terror in Iran

As is often the case, it seems the far right wants war and everyone else doesn’t. Even Labour voters, despite the flailing leadership of Trump–bootlicker Keir Starmer, oppose it:

Britons likewise oppose the government's decision to allow US aircraft to use UK airbases to launch attacks against missile sites in Iran

Support: 32%
Oppose: 50% pic.twitter.com/ZQylMG6yQv

— YouGov (@YouGov) March 2, 2026

So that’s half the people surveyed that oppose US-Israeli terror in Iran, which has already killed 555 people (including “about 180 young children”). And while many people want the UK to step carefully to avoid provoking the volatile Trump or appearing to support Iran’s government, they’re pretty confident that the UK should just stay out of it.

Israel-lover and posh-boy Trump-imitator Nigel Farage, however, unsurprisingly seems to think the UK should waste money and risk lives on another unwinnable conflict abroad. But considering the amount of opposition in British society to such military interventions, some suggest this position could end up being a problem for Farage:

Farage’s commitment to backing UK involvement in another US led war could prove to be his biggest mistake yet. https://t.co/Hr2O0ZWc1b

— Sangita Myska (@SangitaMyska) March 2, 2026

The establishment media doesn’t seem to be far behind either. It’s already debating, for example, whether the increasingly authoritarian Labour government should ban anti-war protests:

https://t.co/vdwzickt9Q pic.twitter.com/9qeUXVLFgT

— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) March 3, 2026

The Green Party – the UK’s main opposition to Reform in the polls – has been clear in its opposition of Trump’s illegal attacks on Iran. And as Polanski has said, political reactions show the choice voters face:

Reform are the party of foreign wars and high bills.

The Greens want de-escalation and energy security through renewables.

Solar and wind prices don’t fluctuate when rogue US presidents launch illegal bombing campaigns.

The choice is stark. Reform are the party of foreign wars and high bills.

The Greens want de-escalation and energy security through renewables.

Solar and wind prices don't fluctuate when rogue US presidents launch illegal bombing campaigns. https://t.co/NwAAcehJir

— Zack Polanski (@ZackPolanski) March 3, 2026

There’s little faith that Starmer will stand up to Trump. But the Greens have been pushing him to anyway:

.@Keir_Starmer when you were running for Labour leader you promised to introduce this legislation to stop the UK being dragged into illegal wars – it's time to show you were serious about that. https://t.co/0QTUeu97ki

— Zack Polanski (@ZackPolanski) March 3, 2026

If the UK really doesn’t want another repeat of disastrous past interventions, we need to say loudly and clearly: we do not want this war! And we need to make sure the government can’t ignore our voices again.

Featured image via the Canary

Comments 1

Taxiarch says:

3 months ago

Problem being you cannot both be in favour of International Law as mediated by the United Nations, the International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights *and* maintain a violently close dependency on the nation that most egregiously disdains, ignores, side lines and insults them. Remember the Hague Invasion Act (APSA, 2002), is still on the US law books.

Trump has made clear by both word and deed that he despises International Law. His preferred law is that of the Terrorist. “I don’t need international law” and his despotic adage that the ‘the only constraint to his power’ is “my own morality, my own mind”. Thus also spoke the last of the British despots, King Charles Stuart (“that man of blood'”).

The Atlantic Bridge, so beloved by the British Prime Minister and his loving cabinet, is a fake. It disappears into a Sargasso Sea of deceit, in a failing attempt to hide the vassalage of this nation to that of the fascist despot who presently rules from the White House.