Rishi Sunak is facing fresh calls to give MPs a vote on future strikes against the Houthis in Yemen after the UK joined a third wave of bombings over the weekend.
Britain’s warships cannot attack Houthi targets on land because they lack the firepower, in a situation described by former defence chiefs as a “scandal”.
It is with much relief that the UK government signed off on airstrikes with the US targeting the Yemini Houthi terrorist organisation, restoring valuable deterrence in the vulnerable Red Sea.