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Iran war: Keir Starmer speech - main angle; Part 15 of 15ENGLAND: London: Westminster: Downing Street:INTSir Keir Starmer MP (Prime Minister) question and answer session SOT.- "Well, firstly we are working with others to come up with a credible plan for the Straits of Hormuz to ensure that we can reopen shipping and passage through the Strait. Let me be clear, that won't be and it's never been envisioned to be a NATO mission. That'll have to be an alliance of partners, which is why we're working with partners both in Europe, in the Gulf and with the US. It's important that we continue that. It is not straightforward. And you can see that historically when there have been other conflicts that have affected the Straits. But I do think that working with others, including the US, is the way to go forward. And I had a perfectly good discussion with President Trump about that yesterday. And of course, as you'd expect, I mean, we are talking to the US at all levels all the time and whether it's the US, whether it's Europe, whether it's Gulf partners, we are trying to pull together both partners and a plan in relation to the Straits."- "Well, in relation to windfall tax, obviously there is a windfall tax in place and we continued and extended that and you can see in a circumstance like this why it's so important that we did so. And that's the argument I made in 2022 and it's the argument I make now. Obviously it is important that we work with the oil and gas sector and that's why we've taken a number of measures including the tie back provisions that we put in place just a few months ago in relation to the broader words I used look the longer it goes on the high the risk of escalation and the bigger the impact on the economy and energy prices and hence on the cost of living for families across the country and that is why in addition to the self defence actions that we're taking, in addition to the work and discussions that are going on in relation to the Stra...