Nigel Farage says the Royal Navy should be deployed to help keep the key waterway open.
But he warns that we struggle to do so because our forces are so depleted.
“When it comes to aiding the Americans in freeing the Strait of Hormuz, well, I think in many ways we ought to. I think it is in our national interest to keep the oil flowing, but we can’t. We haven’t got the assets.
“So I think the first very big lesson that comes out of all of this is that we have denuded the Royal Navy and our forces to such an extent that, frankly, we’ve been humiliated on the world stage.
“Our defence spending for next year is due to be just a fraction over 2% and we’re going to have to find ways to significantly and rapidly up that budget.
“To be fair, this is not all the fault of this Labour Government. Fourteen years of Conservative government have run down our armed forces to a state, frankly, as I say, of total global embarrassment.”
Sir Keir Starmer has refused Donald Trump’s pleas for warships