Rory Stewart

With respect, you tell us to look after ourselves, stand on our own two feet, be proud national Europeans.

Our priority is this.

We're not having anything to do with this.

All different social media platforms, Discord.

I mean, it's been incredible.

I want to start, though, with Jennifer, who's a Trip Plus member.

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From New Malden.

What do you make of Alistair's former boss commenting on Starmer's reluctance to join the Orange Man in his seemingly impulsive war in Iran?

There's a lot of adjectives going on here, Jennifer.

I know that post-Brexit, the unspoken policy of ex-prime ministers not commenting on their successes seems to have gone out of the window.

But to me, it seems particularly vicious to kick Starmer when he's already down, especially when on this occasion, most British people believe he's right.

Has being on the Orange Man's Board of Peace gone to Blair's head, or is he now bored of peace?

And that he suggested that he personally, had he been prime minister, would have been squarely behind the US in this particular operation.

Just to, sorry, in very, very basic terms.

The story seems to be that Blair has strongly, strongly given the impression, whether he exactly said this or not, that he would have been much more strongly behind what Trump and Israel are doing in Iran than Keir Starmer.

And if he'd been in charge, the implication at least was that Britain would have opened up these air bases, got behind it.

And the suggestion is that he's worried that Starmer hasn't done enough to support the U.S.,

And that's Trump's line too, which makes it even more complicated because Trump also has been going around saying that, you know, Starmer's not exactly Churchill.