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Conservative Party chair Kevin Hollinrake says that the Tories wouldn't support putting British troops "in the line of fire" to support the US in protecting shipping in the Straits of Hormuz. Earlier the government sent military officials to the US to help with plans to protect shipping in the region. Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Well, I think in terms of using UK military planners is one thing.
00:04That's completely different from using UK ships to do that.
00:08That's a very dangerous part of the world right now.
00:11This is the US and Israel's actions that have led to this, of course,
00:16the closing of these straits.
00:19So we're clearly keen to lend our support where we can in terms of allies,
00:23but I think it's the wrong thing to put UK service personnel in the line of fire right now.
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