I hope that the Houthis stop. They shouldn't really do that. They got suckered into this by the Iranians. The Houthis largely were smart and stayed out of all this throughout the conflict. They now apparently have gotten themselves suckered into this by going after Saudi Arabia and their ships.

I was reading reports a few hours ago that there was actually a Saudi fuel ship that's flagged Chinese. It's a Chinese ship. Are they going to blow up the Chinese ship? Then this becomes a problem for China. This will become a problem for the whole world.

But I hope that will de-escalate because I think the Houthis, frankly, got snookered into this thing by the Iranians. They were smart to stay out of it, and they should stay out of it, and they should stop.

We'll see what happens there. Obviously, it's not a positive development. We'll see what happens.

The survey found that 29% believe the UK is likely to face a full-scale military attack within the next decade, compared with 51% who consider such a scenario unlikely.

Confidence in Britain's armed forces was also mixed, with 53% of respondents saying they are not confident the military could defend the country, while 38% expressed confidence.

The poll also found that 57% believe the government spends too little on defense. However, few respondents supported raising taxes, cutting public spending, or increasing borrowing to fund higher military expenditure.