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In a stark critique, Gen Sir Gwyn Jenkins, the most senior serving military figure to criticise the state of the Armed Forces, warned that the Navy “had work to do” before it was capable of fighting a war successfully.
The Prime Minister has already been criticised by former military figures and Donald Trump, who yesterday told the UK to “get your own oil” in response to its lack of support for ending Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Last night, while Trump indicated that he planned to leave Iran in the coming weeks, the US secretary of state said America would have to “re-examine” its Nato membership when the war in Iran ended.
Marco Rubio accused the alliance of being a “one-way street” as he hit out at the US’s allies for not allowing access to their military bases.
As the White House hurls insults at its European counterparts for their unwillingness to involve themselves in the conflict, it looks like Trump may surrender control of the Strait of Hormuz. Roland Oliphant, our Chief Foreign Analyst, reports on the potential outcomes if Trump leaves the shipping lane to Iran.  | Roland Oliphant Chief Foreign Analyst | First, Trump offered Iran peace talks in exchange for opening the Strait of Hormuz.
When that didn’t work, he threatened a massive amphibious invasion to clear it.
Now, he seems to have a new plan: just leave it alone.
That’s one option being considered in the White House, where Trump and his advisers have reportedly concluded that trying to force the Strait open would unacceptably extend their war beyond the four to six-week schedule they originally planned for. | Damage to the Kuwait-flagged Al-Salmi crude oil tanker, following an alleged Iranian attack at a Dubai port | | 1. Iran fires missiles at cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz
2. Low-cost Shahed drones pose a threat
3. Iran also uses speed boats loaded with explosives
4. ‘Midget’ submarines lay mines in the shipping lane
5. Mines could damage or halt oil tankers | What are the consequences of walking away, then?
Iran currently has a stranglehold over shipping and will likely seek to maintain it, demonstrating that a war intended to destroy its power has only extended it. It may even seek to monetise its grip, shaking down passing tankers for millions in transit tolls.
No dice, says Rubio, who wants allies to shoulder responsibility for keeping the strait open and toll-free.
Though, maybe, just maybe, things will go back to normal. After all, closing the strait was Iran’s gamble to end the war. It can hardly afford to provoke another by keeping it shut.
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| Tini time | Queen Elizabeth II was fond of a Dubonnet and gin martini | It’s hard to keep track of what’s in and what’s out when it comes to Gen Z. In today’s edition, LA Robinson, our youthful Lifestyle Writer, investigates the return of martinis.  | LA Robinson Lifestyle Writer | At a new cocktail bar opening this month in London, guests must specify how they like it: dry, wet, dirty and even brutal are all options to tick. If your mind jumped to something scandalous, give your head a shake – we’re talking about martinis here! Brutes of Mayfair is putting full faith in the martini revival: drinking rates might be at their lowest point in decades for Britain, but those of us left sipping are opting for something much more potent.
At some point the martini went from being a bit of an old-timer’s tipple – the ageing Don Drapers of the world refusing to have them pried from their clutches – to cropping up on drinks menus across the country. Rita’s in Soho offers the mini martini, Filthy XIII in Bristol serves theirs with olives stuffed with blue cheese, and at Rasputin’s in east London, you can scarf down two hot dogs and a martini for just £12. | Shaken, not stirred... Roger Moore, well known for his role as James Bond, downs a martini | There are endless variations on the theme: the trendy espresso martini, the sickly sweet pornstar martini, the very Nineties apple martini, but perhaps worst of all is the shaken martini. Considered a cardinal sin by any bartender worth their salt, the James Bond-esque shaken approach chips the ice and waters down your precious Sipsmith or Belvedere.
So make like a purist and order it stirred. The late Queen would raise a crystal glass in approval. Apparently they were her favourite.
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Readers were amused that Romeo and Juliet had been given a trigger warning for “revenge” and “grief” by a West End theatre, pointing out that anyone booking tickets for Shakespeare’s famous tragedy surely knows what to expect.
Who really benefits from such a warning? Colin Wicks had a theory: “I don’t believe that kids or young people today are this fragile, but the virtue-signalling adults, on their moral high-ground, definitely are.”
John Doherty provided supporting evidence: “I am reminded of the time I took my six-year-old granddaughter to an open-air production of the play on the banks of the Avon. She was very perturbed by the blatant hugging and kissing; the stabbings bothered her not one whit.”
That’s the spirit. I saw an especially gory Titus Andronicus when I was 12, and loved every minute. Perhaps these days, as Ian Dennison suggested, “If something doesn’t have a trigger warning, it must be boring.”
Are they ever truly appropriate? Well, though opposed in principle, I sympathised with Phillip Lee’s position: “I wish they’d give a trigger warning about the price of those tiny interval tubs of ice cream, I was horrified.” Let me know your thoughts on trigger warnings here, and the best of the bunch will feature in a future edition of From the Editor PM, for which you can sign up here.
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