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Shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel said Keir Starmer's "dithering" has shown weakness to the UK's adversaries and harmed Britain's reputation on the world stage.The Prime Minister is visiting the Middle East for talks on upholding the US-Iran ceasefire.He spoke to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in Jeddah and is expected to meet UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
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00:05Keir Starmer has not been involved in this ceasefire at all. It's been instigated and
00:10led by Pakistan. And the reality is with Keir Starmer, I mean, he has just dithered from
00:17the outset of this conflict. And he has failed to provide any strong and necessary leadership
00:23to protect British interests in the regions. And that's not just me saying that. Our allies
00:28in the region have said that as well. So these are our GCC allies that he's now going to
00:33see. We have over a quarter of a million British nationals in the region. We have our armed forces
00:39personnel. We have our bases in the region. Where was Keir Starmer in terms of protecting
00:44and defending them at the outset of this conflict? So I can't speak for him in terms of what he
00:50will achieve. But what I can say is that his dithering has effectively shown immense weakness
00:57to our adversaries in the world. And also at a time when our allies needed strength and
01:04they wanted British support, Britain simply wasn't there. And that's shameful.
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