Matty Musgrove

“All of those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, I have a suggestion for you…” - President Donald J. Trump

🇮🇷🇾🇪🇺🇸 Iran is pushing the Houthis to restart attacks on ships in the Red Sea if the U.S. escalates further. The group hasn’t decided yet. There are internal divisions: some want aggressive action, others are holding back. So far, they’ve launched missiles at Israel but haven’t committed to targeting shipping again. This matters because the Red Sea is now a key route. With the Strait of Hormuz effectively blocked, more oil and trade has shifted to the Strait of Bab Al Mandeb. If the Houthis escalate, that route comes under pressure too. Bloomberg

Keir Starmer claims Nigel Farage is to blame for the boat people because Brexit took us out of the Dublin Convention (in 2020), which allowed us to return asylum seekers to the EU countries from whence they came. The PM is either ignorant of the facts — or knowingly lying. Neither is a good look. The Dublin Convention was a two-way street for asylum seekers. Yes, we could try to return them. But others could also be returned to us. As a result the Dublin Agreement actually made us a net recipient of asylum seekers. Take 2018. We made 5,500 requests for asylum seekers to be returned. Only 209 transfers were agreed. In the same year, under the same convention we accepted 1,215 asylum seekers. So we were net recipients by over 1,000. The Dublin Convention did nothing to make it easier to return asylum seekers. Nearly all politicians are cavalier with the truth when it suits them. But Starmer is taking this to a new level.