This is how the UK could end up getting dragged into the Iran war

Special Operations Forces practising their rapid deployment technique earlier this year (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

In the five days since the war in Iran began with blasts at the heart of Tehran, Sir Keir Starmer has been setting out his case for not getting involved.

It started with his decision not to allow the US to use British bases to launch those offensive strikes.

Even after he rowed back slightly and permitted the use of the sites for US attacks on missile depots and launchers on Sunday...