Starmer: UK Needs Energy Independence for Resilience

0:00On April 9, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is sounding the alarm on a volatile world full of shocks like the ongoing Iran conflict. He says Britain needs serious resilience to handle these hits without getting knocked off course. Key to that is energy independence, so families aren't at the mercy of global leaders spiking their bills. He's on a three-day golf tour right now, meeting up with the Saudi crown prince Injeta, then leaders in the UAE, Bahrain and Qatar. Meanwhile, he hopped on a call Thursday evening with US President Donald Trump, pushing for a real plan to reopen the straight-of-war moves and get. Shipping flowing again, that stray shutdown from the conflict is jacking up petrol and food prices back home, hitting everyday folds hard. Starmer is fed up with energy bills swinging wild because of moves by Putin or others. He points to nearly two decades of crises like the 2008 crash, Brexit and COVID that left the UK scrambling. To fight back, he's vowing investments in renewables, stronger workers' rights, and scrapping

1:02the two-child benefit cap for real-prepigants. Instability Foreign Secretary Avek Cooper backs him up in her speech, calling turbulence the new normal after COVID, Ukraine, and now Iran. Opposition voices are pushing back. Conservatives hit on banning North Sea drilling and welfare tweaks, while others call for own energy focus, Europe. Ties and ditching US reliance. With the Iran ceasefire straining, Starmer's betting resilience gives Britain back control no matter what comes next.