By Isha Sesay • Published: 04 Jan 2020 • 16:17
THE Prime Minister has been ordered to “get off his sun lounger” in the Caribbean and deliver an imminent statement about the US assassination of a top Iranian General in Iraq.
Angela Rayner, the Shadow Education Secretary who is hotly tipped to make a bid for the coveted party role, has unleashed on Boris Johnson, urging the Prime Minister to talk about the escalating situation in the Middle East. Sharing her thoughts on Twitter, Ms Rayner said:
“The PM must at least get off his Sun lounger to make some kind of statement on the US attack killing the senior Iranian general and the escalating dangerous situation between Iran and the USA. Leaving it to the hapless Dominic Raab will not suffice.”
The PM must at least get off his Sun lounger to make some kind of statement on the US attack killing the senior Iranian general and the escalating dangerous situation between Iran and the USA. Leaving it to the hapless Dominic Raab will not suffice 😩 — Angela Rayner 🌹 (@AngelaRayner) January 3, 2020
The PM must at least get off his Sun lounger to make some kind of statement on the US attack killing the senior Iranian general and the escalating dangerous situation between Iran and the USA. Leaving it to the hapless Dominic Raab will not suffice 😩
— Angela Rayner 🌹 (@AngelaRayner) January 3, 2020
However, Mr Johnson is yet to reply, largerly considering his breakaway from the UK where he has been enjoying a blissful holiday in Mustique with his partner Carrie Symonds, leaving Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to hold the fort back home. Maing a short statement on behalf of the government Mr Raab said:
“We have always recognised the aggressive threat posed by the Iranian Quds force led by Qassem Soleimani.
“Following his death, we urge all parties to de-escalate. Further conflict is in none of our interests.”
Despite the statement, Labour MP’s believed it was ‘too little too late’, where Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry condemned the death as a “brazen, unlawful and provocative attack.”
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