Keir Starmer’s craven X post welcoming the ‘re-opening’ of Iran’s Strait of Hormuz has been massively ratioed — and deservedly so.
A ‘ratio’ refers to the number of responses compared to the number of likes and shares. A post with many more replies than likes or shares is considered a disastrous one and a sign of the unpopularity of the views shared, the poster or both. And Starmer’s is way up there. With, at the time of writing, the more than 27,000 comments towering over the number of positive actions:
It’s good news that the Strait of Hormuz has now reopened.
This must be a long lasting and workable solution, without tolls or restrictions on routes.
Today we announced our joint plan with France and other international partners to protect freedom of navigation.
We need to…
— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) April 17, 2026
This is even more striking given the long record of ‘dark’ operations trying to pad Starmer’s likes and follower count. And no wonder, given the massive issues with his statement in both content and backbone.
Starmer misleading
First, the Strait of Hormuz has not ‘re-opened’ — Iran is allowing through the ships it chooses and still denying passage to those linked to the US, Israel and their enablers. This is pointed out in a ‘community note’ linking to a statement from the Iranian parliament’s speaker:
The claim the strait is open is simply untrue. The official speaker of the Iranian parliament has stated no ships are allowed through without Iranian authorisation. Keir Starmer is ignoring this. x.com/i/status/20452…
۴- عبور و مرور در تنگهٔ هرمز بر اساس «مسیر تعیین شده» و با «مجوز ایران» انجام خواهد شد.
۵- باز یا بسته بودن تنگه و مقررات حاکم بر آن را میدان مشخص میکند نه شبکههای اجتماعی.— محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf (@mb_ghalibaf) April 17, 2026
Second, Starmer ignores the fact that the US-Israel war of aggression — itself considered the supreme war crime because all other war crimes flow from it — is the cause of the war. It also ignores that neither Israel nor the US have even tried to look like they are honouring the supposed ‘ceasefire’, or are even serious about negotiations. It ignores that when Hormuz did look like it might be opened, Israel escalated its attacks on Lebanon to intentionally collapse the deal, too. All of this makes Starmer’s closing comment that “We need to see a return to peace and stability, and a permanent ceasefire” cowardice and collaboration.
What joint plan?
And his claim that his ‘joint plan’ would ‘protect freedom of navigation’ is a lie. The supposed plan, if it ever happens, is only designed to happen when Iran decides to stop shooting — and that will only happen when the US and Israel stop their attacks on Iran, lift sanctions and put in place meaningful barriers to them simply resuming their attacks. Since that is a long way off — and hard to even imagine what the world’s leading terror states could do to make assurances meaningful — Iran is going to be controlling Hormuz for a long time to come, probably decades.
In reality, the only protection Starmer and his (probably soon) successors can give UK ships to pass Hormuz is to stop being the US and Israel’s arse-noser in chief. And that’s not anywhere on the horizon either.
Ratioed and rightly so. He deserves much more, like a decade or two behind bars in the Hague.
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