The UK used to be the "Rolls-Royce of allies" he said, adding that he had pleaded with Sir Keir Starmer to be decisive and implying the prime minister couldn't make his mind up without consulting others. This is definitely awkward for Starmer, the further souring of his relationship with Trump, but it isn't definitely, wholeheartedly negative from his point of view. For instance, I am told there was never a request to provide aircraft carriers in the Gulf, nor an offer to provide them. British sources also point out that aircraft carriers provide a runway where there otherwise wouldn't be one, but the UK has exactly that on land nearby - at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. They align too with the importance he attaches to international law, and his view, shared by many but not all, that Israel and America's attacks on Iran were a breach of that law. Plus they align both with the centre of gravity of opinions among Labour MPs, a rather important constituency for a prime minister who relies on them to keep his job and they align with the centre of gravity of British public opinion.