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Podcast: Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics
Episode: Iran - Bombing International Law?
Description: With Operation Epic Fury, the US/Israel attack on Iran, triggering reprisals by Iran that risk the stability of the entire Gulf Region, what are the shifting international law justifications for theĀ initialĀ attack?Ā And was the Starmer/Hermer explanation for the UKās cautious approach to involvement in āoffensiveā action an example of weakness or wise restraint?Ā
To answer these and other questions Ken Macdonald KC and Tim Owen KC are joined by the Shadow Attorney General, Lord David Wolfson KC, who attacked the Prime Ministerās statement explaining why the UK did not particip...