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Prentis urges government not to follow Trump ‘blindly’ into war with Iran

by Marcus Bennet
in Liverpool

UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis has urged the British government not to follow Donald Trump “blindly” into a war against Iran, which he said would be a “humanitarian disaster.”

He made the comments in a speech at an international rally at Unison’s annual conference in Liverpool. 

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