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Keir Starmer to hold 'war talks' meeting today after Trump's latest backlash
Sir Keir Starmer will chair a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday as the Middle East crisis deepens, with Donald Trump criticising the UK's response to Iran's Strait of Hormuz blockade
Keir Starmer is set to have another high-level meeting after Donald Trump's latest backlash. Starmer will conduct discussions with his Cabinet after Trump once more attacked the UK as European nations resisted immediately backing US demands for support in reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
The Middle East crisis, along with the domestic consequences of rocketing oil prices sparked by the conflict, is expected to dominate proceedings as the Prime Minister leads a weekly gathering with his top ministers on Tuesday.
This follows the US President declaring he was "not happy" with Britain as allies including the UK considered how to respond to Iran's blockade of the strait, which serves as a crucial global shipping corridor for oil and gas.
Sir Keir Starmer has maintained the UK will not be pulled into a "wider war," and stated he was collaborating with partners including those in Europe on a "viable collective plan" to restore navigation through the strategic waterway.
Britain might potentially supply mine-hunting drones to the operation rather than deploying a warship, though the Prime Minister emphasised no final choices had been taken.
"It is a discussion, we are not at a point of decisions yet, I want to really stress that," he stated on Monday.
Addressing a press conference afterwards, Mr Trump declared the US had regarded the UK as the "Rolls-Royce of allies" but that its reaction to the war had been "very disappointing."
He seemed to criticise Sir Keir for consulting advisers on the Hormuz matter following a telephone conversation between the two leaders on Sunday, alleging the Prime Minister had stated he was "meeting with my team" before reaching a decision.
"I said you don't need to meet with your team, you're the Prime Minister, you can make your own... why do you have to meet with your team to find out whether or not you're going to send some minesweepers to help us or to send some boats," Mr Trump said.
UK Government sources indicated the Prime Minister had referenced wanting to consult partners and military planners, rather than No 10 advisers.
European nations, including Germany, have voiced a wish for greater transparency regarding the military objectives of the conflict. Many are also eager to discover when the war will conclude.
Mr Trump has requested partners - including France, China, Japan, South Korea and Britain - to assist in securing the strait, and claimed the US was discussing with "about seven" countries but declined to specify which ones.
He also provided no hint of when such a coalition might be established.
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch suggested allies seemed "worried about how slow" the Prime Minister is.
She told the Press Association: "I'm worried that he's not deep enough in conversations with the US. But before we start sending ships out, we need to know what the plan is."
Daily Star Sunday
Sir Keir Starmer will chair a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday as the Middle East crisis deepens, with Donald Trump criticising the UK's response to Iran's Strait of Hormuz blockade
Keir Starmer is set to have another high-level meeting after Donald Trump's latest backlash. Starmer will conduct discussions with his Cabinet after Trump once more attacked the UK as European nations resisted immediately backing US demands for support in reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
The Middle East crisis, along with the domestic consequences of rocketing oil prices sparked by the conflict, is expected to dominate proceedings as the Prime Minister leads a weekly gathering with his top ministers on Tuesday.
This follows the US President declaring he was "not happy" with Britain as allies including the UK considered how to respond to Iran's blockade of the strait, which serves as a crucial global shipping corridor for oil and gas.
Sir Keir Starmer has maintained the UK will not be pulled into a "wider war," and stated he was collaborating with partners including those in Europe on a "viable collective plan" to restore navigation through the strategic waterway.
Britain might potentially supply mine-hunting drones to the operation rather than deploying a warship, though the Prime Minister emphasised no final choices had been taken.
"It is a discussion, we are not at a point of decisions yet, I want to really stress that," he stated on Monday.
Addressing a press conference afterwards, Mr Trump declared the US had regarded the UK as the "Rolls-Royce of allies" but that its reaction to the war had been "very disappointing."
He seemed to criticise Sir Keir for consulting advisers on the Hormuz matter following a telephone conversation between the two leaders on Sunday, alleging the Prime Minister had stated he was "meeting with my team" before reaching a decision.
"I said you don't need to meet with your team, you're the Prime Minister, you can make your own... why do you have to meet with your team to find out whether or not you're going to send some minesweepers to help us or to send some boats," Mr Trump said.
UK Government sources indicated the Prime Minister had referenced wanting to consult partners and military planners, rather than No 10 advisers.
European nations, including Germany, have voiced a wish for greater transparency regarding the military objectives of the conflict. Many are also eager to discover when the war will conclude.
Mr Trump has requested partners - including France, China, Japan, South Korea and Britain - to assist in securing the strait, and claimed the US was discussing with "about seven" countries but declined to specify which ones.
He also provided no hint of when such a coalition might be established.
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch suggested allies seemed "worried about how slow" the Prime Minister is.
She told the Press Association: "I'm worried that he's not deep enough in conversations with the US. But before we start sending ships out, we need to know what the plan is."
Daily Star Sunday