Keir Starmer Rejects Donald Trumps Iran Blockade Plan

Keir Starmer has rejected Donald Trump’s plan to blockade the Strait of Hormuz and insisted the UK will not be “getting dragged in” to the Iran war.

The US president announced on Sunday that America and “other countries” will stop ships going in and out of the vital waterway.

The US military later clarified that while it will blockade of Iranian ports from 2pm on Monday UK time, it will “not impede” ships using the strait to get to or from other countries.

But regardless of the finer details of Trump’s plan, Starmer made clear that the UK will not be getting involved.

He told BBC Radio 5Live: “What we’ve been doing over the last few weeks – and this was part of what I was discussing with the Gulf states last week – is bringing countries together to keep the strait open, not shut.”

The PM added: “We’re not supporting the blockade and all of the marshalling diplomatically, politically and capability – we do have mine-sweeping capability, I won’t go into operational matters, but we do have that capability – that’s all focused, from our point of view, on getting the strait fully open.”

Starmer’s comments are further evidence of the breakdown in relations between Britain and America over the war.

Trump has repeatedly attacked the prime minister over his decision not to initially allow US jets to launch bombing missions from RAF bases.

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