Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg has said the government’s response to hostilities in the Middle East, led by Attorney General Lord Hermer’s advice, has been “feeble and frail”.

Speaking on GB News, the former Cabinet Minister said: "Let me take you back to the early hours of Sunday morning, when after days of deliberation, United States President Donald Trump confirmed that he had ordered the bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran.

"The strikes were in full coordination with Israel and followed a tense 72 hours in which senior White House advisers had become increasingly convinced that diplomatic channels had been exhausted.

"They believed military action was the only way to eliminate the threat of Iran's nuclear programme.

"The UK’s inert Foreign Secretary Lammy was quick to stress that the UK was not involved in any capacity.

"The imitation of a wet wipe, the Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard, refused to say whether His Majesty's government were for or against US action.

"It hardly makes you proud to be British. The very fact that Trump went ahead with the strikes is embarrassing for the Prime Minister, as he said on Tuesday that he had ‘no doubt’ that the US would not intervene."

Sir Jacob said: "His Majesty's government looks feeble and frail. The Prime Minister's statement has welcomed the destruction of Iran's nuclear programme but is notably silent on its legality: A silence, no doubt attributable to his pedantic Attorney General, Lord Hermer."