PM appears to draw comparison between Russian and US leaders’ actions and calls for plan to restore Hormuz strait shipping

Keir Starmer has said he is “fed up” with the effect that Donald Trump’s actions in the Middle East are having on the British public, while appearing to draw a comparison between the US president and Vladimir Putin.

Speaking to ITV’s Robert Peston on Thursday, the prime minister said: “I’m fed up with the fact that families across the country see their bills go up and down on energy, businesses’ bills go up and down on energy because of the actions of Putin or Trump across the world.”

Starmer, who has been heavily criticised, and at times mocked, by Trump for not committing British forces to the war on Iran, also appeared to condemn Benjamin Netanyahu for Israel’s continued strikes on Lebanon, despite Iran calling for Lebanon to be included in the ceasefire that was agreed on 7 April.

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    10 hours ago

    That means he’ll stop supporting Israel with their genocide and other destabilising actions, right?

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      5 hours ago

      Slow down, there, speedy.

      He’s going to start by sending a strongly-worded letter to Donald and proceed from there.

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      10 hours ago

      It’s required a court hearing to stop us from being arrested for protesting for Palestine. Starmer (and almost all others) unlikely to speak out about Israel. So far, we only have Polanski and the Green Party.

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      7 hours ago

      Man people should really stop throwing such powerful words around. There are like what, 200 dead from those strikes? I mean sure, you could say there is ongoing genocide against…hezbollah

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        21 minutes ago

        They’re still killing people daily in Gaza, and displacing people in the west bank, despite a nominal ceasefire.