Donald Trump has launched another attack on Keir Starmer as it emerged the UK will not be involved in his plan to blockade the Strait of Hormuz.
The US president announced on Sunday that America and “other countries” will stop ships coming in and out of the vital waterway.
Around one-fifth of the world’s oil and liquid gas supply usually passes through the key shipping lane.
But it has been effectively closed since the start of the war, with Iran targeting tankers which try to sail through it unless they agree to pay a toll.
Good on Starmer for having just a bit of integrity not getting us involved such a stupid idea.
Seems even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Is it integrity or just self-preservation instinct?
The point of democracy is to make leaders’ self-preservation instinct force them to act with integrity.
Thats not the point of it, just how it works when faced with reality. The point of it is for the citizens to exercise their collective will to make their community better.
The problem is people are either disconnected or ill-informed, so at best we get stop-gaps to keep nefariousness at bay.