As an interesting example of the tension between high policy drama around Starmer and the international role of the UK, today UK defence secretary John Healey is hosting 40+ defence ministers for the British-French initiative on a potential operation safeguarding the Strait of Hormuz:
UK and France to host first meeting of Defence Ministers to advance the Strait of Hormuz multinational mission. This comes as HMS Dragon, one of the UK’s most capable warships, will forward deploy to ...