Tobias Ellwood denies Britain took ‘eye off the ball’ and says priority is to reduce tensions The defence minister, Tobias Ellwood, has rejected the charge that a British-flagged tanker seized by Iran in the Gulf could have been better protected, and said a priority for the UK must be to de-escalate tensions. Ellwood also called for more spending on the Royal Navy, and said the US’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal had played a part in the increasing tensions in the region. Continue reading...