UNITED KINGDOM PERSPECTIVE

The Independent delivers with the bluntness only the British press masters: 'Oil prices soar past $110 a barrel again after Iran says Strait of Hormuz is closed.' No analysis, no context — the raw number, the shut door. The Guardian, meanwhile, relays the Albanese government's reassurances about fuel supply — but the article is about Australia, not Britain. A sign that British media covers the crisis through its Commonwealth allies.

The most revealing angle comes from The Guardian again: 'Philippines declares national energy emergency and boosts coal power.' The British press, faithful to its imperial heritage, maps the global crisis from London. Domestic effects (UK pump prices) are covered in the inside pages; Hormuz geopolitics and consequences for former colonies grab the front page.

This framing is classic 'Global Britain' post-Brexit: the UK as commentator-in-chief of the global crisis, even as its own gas stations begin to hurt.