shortly after that cabinet call, we saw in person, arriving on foot, john healey, the shadow defence secretary labour and also sir lindsay hoyle, the leader of the commons, arriving in 70 whitehall, which is the cabinet office that adjoins downing street and that the connecting corridors all lead through as if it is effectively one building. we also saw the foreign secretary, lord cameron, going into downing street. the expectation in situations like this, when time allows comets that senior opposition figures such as keir starmer, who we think has probablyjoined a call to be briefed as well, as well as the defence secretary and the house of commons speaker, would be briefed, where time to allow and it would appear in this instance that there is time because, as we understand it, no military strikes have happened as yet. the uk government always has the capacity to respond without consulting either the opposition or wider parliament, but convention would normally point in the
concern about how dangerous that passage had become, the additional costs that are associated with boats travelling all the way around the base of africa to complete the same journey, as well as obvious concerns at every level, whether it be military, diplomatic, economic of any escalation in conflict in the middle east, with the knock on is that that could have in the region, but much more widely and economically as well. so that is where we find ourselves this evening, with the british cabinet having been briefed about what we anticipate could be imminent military action, senior opposition and parliamentary figures briefed as well. we now wait to see what the uk and alliance with others decides to do. , ., h, and alliance with others decides to do. , ., . ., ., do. chris, thanks so much for that. i will bring do. chris, thanks so much for that. i will bring in do. chris, thanks so much for that. i will bring in our do. chris, thanks so much for that. i will bring in our panel