Starmer has landed in Saudi Arabia on his vanity jolly and spoken to broadcasters. Here we go…
He said there is “still a lot of work to do” to reopen the Strait of Hormuz:
“There’s work to do. It’s early days…”
He added there is “a real sense” of relief after the supposed ceasefire. He claimed his ‘leading’ work to reopen the strait was crucial “because the impact on our energy prices, you can see it on a daily basis over the last 39 days, it’s our job to make sure that the strait is open, that we’re able to get the energy that the world needs out and stabilise the prices back in the United Kingdom.” What will that work entail when the only navy warship in the region is docked for repair?
Lucy Powell on LBC, asked by Tom Swarbrick for her reaction to Labour MP Samantha Niblett’s call for a ‘summer of sex’ debate in Parliament: “I personally don’t own any sex toys, but each to their own… I’m not really sure that’s the right place for it, no.”