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Iran’s hold over Hormuz may have delivered leverage, but it cannot serve as an indefinite strategy of survival.

The country is in a banking crisis, there’s no question – but a banking crisis is only as serious as the state allows it to be.”

Dr Justin Bronk, a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, told peers previous assumptions the “Americans will come in and save the day” could no longer be relied upon, warning Britain would struggle to execute a major military operation alone.