Alistair Bunkall

Fertilizer is another issue coming through the Strait of Hormuz.

That will again start to have impacts on agriculture and

Once you've owned the impact on agriculture, you'll see it on your supermarket shelves.

Well, I mean, firstly, they can, as we were discussing beforehand, they can make sure that what they're doing within the bloc itself is sufficient to ward off any kind of crises that might be coming quite rapidly down the road.

So I think, first and foremost, it's making sure that

They've got themselves in terms of influencing the blockade.

I think the EU is a bloc less so sort of EU or European countries as we've been seeing when I say European countries, because of course the UK is playing a role in this.

So a sort of

slightly separated from NATO, from the EU, but looking to see how Europe can help with securing the Strait of Hormuz in the event of a peace deal, although you could potentially question if there is a negotiated peace deal, if the Strait of Hormuz is opened, will it need policing at all?

But I think it's limited, to be honest.

We've seen

You know, when Donald Trump has a foreign policy issue, we have seen how little others can often influence it.

You can influence it, but I mean, ultimately, he is a leader who changes his mind from hour to hour and basically does what he wants.