The broadcaster actually did not maintain his tongue in an explosive on-air rant following the politician’s controversial feedback.
Tony Blair got here beneath hearth for his explosive feedback slamming Keir Starmer on the Iran battle (Picture: PA)
LBC presenter James O’Brien exploded at former Prime Minister Tony Blair reside on air following his controversial feedback to Sir Keir Starmer. On Friday (March 6), the previous Labour chief slammed Starmer for failing to help US strikes on Iran. The politician rebuked the present Prime Minister, insisting he ought to have backed Donald Trump instantly after the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran.
Blair, who supported the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan in 2003, actually didn’t maintain his tongue when he attended a personal lunch. As reported by The Telegraph, the 72-year-old urged that regardless of the ally, “you higher present up”. He added that the present battle within the Center East is “not like Vietnam” or the “Iraq marketing campaign (the place we despatched) 1000’s of British troops.”
’Nobody hears Tony Blair calling for one more unlawful struggle within the Center East and thinks: “that’s precisely what we’d like.”‘
James O’Brien can’t consider the ‘sheer bloody entrance’ of Tony Blair telling Keir Starmer to affix the struggle in Iran. pic.twitter.com/IXyr0j1EBB
— LBC (@LBC) March 9, 2026
On Monday afternoon (March 9), O’Brien returned to the airwaves the place he slammed the previous British chief’s feedback in an explosive rant. He fumed: “Tony Blair. How previous do you need to be to have a real sense of shock on the sheer bloody entrance of the person?
“I genuinely can’t think about anyone observing the occasions of final week, ending up on Friday night time or Saturday night time in a spot of some confusion and uncertainty, waking up on Sunday morning to find that Tony Blair has stated Keir Starmer ought to have joined this unlawful struggle and going: ‘Oh, nicely that adjustments every part. Come on Starmer, pull your socks up and get us into Iran as quickly as doable’.
“I genuinely don’t consider, as much as and together with his circle of relatives, that anyone would reply to Tony Blair’s name for one more unlawful struggle within the Center East by deciding that simply the factor we’d like, and the factor we ought to be doing, is to affix one other unlawful struggle within the Center East.”
It comes after Trump just lately branded Starmer “no Winston Churchill” in a row over the refusal to permit the usage of UK bases for US-Israel strikes on Iran. He advised reporters on the Oval Workplace that he was “not pleased with the UK” as the choice meant US planes needed to fly “many additional hours.”
The Prime Minister has since granted the US permission to make use of UK bases. It was additionally reported that the HMS Prince of Wales, an enormous plane service, is readying for doable deployment to the Center East.
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