PM refuses to support US blockade of strait

SIR Keir Starmer said the UK would not get dragged into the Iran war as he refused to support Donald Trump's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

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The US president threatened to stop tankers from entering or leaving the key oil and gas shipping lane in response to the failure of talks with Iran, a move which has again caused global prices to spike.

The Prime Minister said “we are not supporting the blockade” as he repeated calls to fully reopen the strait, which has been effectively shut by Iran in response to the US-Israeli bombing campaign.

The UK and France are leading an international effort to draw up a plan to protect shipping in the strait but only once the fighting ends.