00:00Sir, can I echo the comments about the President's statement on Easter Sunday
00:05that in an evening he could destroy a two and a half thousand year old civilisation.
00:11But on the question of the Straits of Amoz, isn't it clear that the Straits were open
00:16before the President foolishly launches a legal wall?
00:21And can I ask the Prime Minister to say quite clearly that no British military assets
00:25or brave personnel would be putting at risk in a foolish idea to blockade the Straits even further,
00:31which came from the President yesterday?
00:35Thank you, Kim.
00:36For that, it is, of course, Iran that is putting in the chokehold on the strait.
00:40That is wrong, and the strength of feeling across the Gulf last week was very, very clear to me.
00:45I can assure him that we are not getting involved in the proposal to blockade the strait.
00:50On the contrary, we are working with other countries to try and get the strait open
00:54and fully open for free navigation, something this country has championed for years and years and years.
01:00Sir, can I echo the comments about the President's statement on Easter Sunday
01:05that in an evening he could destroy a two and a half thousand year old civilisation.
01:11But on the question of the Straits of Amoz, isn't it clear that the straits were open
01:17before the President foolishly launches a legal wall?
01:20And can I ask the Prime Minister to say quite clearly that no British military assets or brave personnel
01:26would be putting at risk in a foolish idea to blockade the straits even further,
01:32which came from the President yesterday?
01:35Kim, for that, it is, of course, Iran that is putting in the chokehold on the strait.
01:40That is wrong, and the strength of feeling across the Gulf last week was very, very clear to me.
01:45I can assure him that we are not getting involved in the proposal to blockade the strait.
01:50On the contrary, we are working with other countries to try and get the strait open
01:55and fully open for free navigation, something this country has championed for years and years and years.
02:01Trump's illegal war on Iran and his genocidal threat to kill a whole civilisation,
02:09a part and parcel of a dangerous new U.S. security plan.
02:14The Trump doctrine is based upon yet more war and tearing up international law,
02:21making the whole world less safe.
02:23Prime Minister, given that, isn't it time for Britain to stop being a junior partner to the U.S.
02:30and pursue a truly independent foreign policy?
02:34And shouldn't the very first step be to end all U.S. access to British military bases for Trump's war
02:41on Iran?
02:44We have British civilians in the Gulf region, about 300,000.
02:51And they are at risk because of Iran's actions, and it's my duty to ensure that we protect them.
02:57That is why we've taken action in our own right, particularly with our pilots.
03:02It is also why I've allowed the bases to be used for defensive purposes
03:06to prevent those attacks on our civilians as much as anything else who are in the region.
03:11And I'm never going to abandon them to their fate
03:14when there is incoming missiles and drones into the areas where they are living and where they are working.
03:20It's my duty to protect them, and I'll continue to do so.
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