The New Statesman.

Kier Stalmer delivered one of his routine updates on the war in Iran in a press conference

from number 10 this morning, but this one was a little meatier than usual.

He spoke about the UK's military and diplomatic efforts to open up the straits of Hormuz,

but he also gave his clearest signal yet that the UK is pivoting towards

Europe and spoke about his wider vision for how we grow out of this crisis. Has Stama found his

vision? I'm Will Lloyd and this is Daily Politics from the New Statesman. I'm joined remotely by our

political editor Alva Ray to discuss all this. Hi Alva.

Hello.

So, shall we talk about the immediate practical news first? The Prime Minister gave an update

on his military and diplomatic plans, which includes Yvette Cooper hosting a meeting. Is that right,

Alva? Yes. He didn't actually say this

in the press conference itself, but we now know that she's hosting 35 other countries tomorrow

to talk about what they can do to open up the Strait of Hormuz and ensure free navigation in the Middle East.

They're talking about sort of when, when there is peace in the Middle East, in a slightly longer term way.

But yes, he had various updates on her interventions, these efforts to get countries together and talk about what they can do

to avoid the global impacts of the Strait of Hormuz being closed. And then also John

Healy doing various meetings. So that was the sort of the top of it. But in terms of the

wider messaging around it, he was sort of stepping back and saying that overall,

you know, he talked about other things that the UK will do in terms of interventions and

support, but really the most significant thing that the UK can do is play its part in trying

to de-escalate in the Middle East. So we had various updates on what Yvette

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