A bit like Labour not having much of a plan for government after all, they haven't got much of a plan for dealing with Trump, other than dialling up the obsequiousness to 11.
A bit like Labour not having much of a plan for government after all, they haven't got much of a plan for dealing with Trump, other than dialling up the obsequiousness to 11.
That is a plan though.
As I said before, turn Trump's flaws into his biggest weakness to be manipulated.
All Trump cares about is himself and how great and special he is, so offer him shiny trinkets that don't mean jack or cost us much but that makes him feel special, and then he can be managed better.
He's like a bird now distracted by and admiring his own reflection - and if that means he does what we want, then mission accomplished.
Starmer now sells out Canada. He could have said something simple like “I know Donald is just joking about this. Look, Canada is one of Britain’s and America’s closest allies, a member of 5 eyes, and I think we all agree that”.
There can be no question where Starmer sees the future and it is close to the US with a trade deal avoiding tariffs
Of course Trump has UK connections, but also he endorses Brexit, and absolutely has the EU in his cross hairs so it could be argued that Starmer has taken advantage and absolutely with Mandelson influence
Starmer has at times been embarrassing patronising and not sure many of his mps or Lib Dems will be pleased
Perhaps but when you visit someone else's house you have to accept your responsibilities as a guest.
Yes, being too "close" to Washington isn't always electorally popular even if it's geopolitically and diplomatically sensible but at least now there is or could be a viable alternative in terms of a much closer political and military relationship with the rest of Europe (that doesn't mean rejoining the EU).
A moment of "truth" for Europe or an acceptance of what has been the reality for decades - we may not be able to live with Washington (administrations come and go) but we can't live without them?
It is going to get worse for Labour. Trump and Musk are so going to butt-**** Starmer in half an hour. I am half expecting Andy Tate to be declared Prime Minister whilst Starmer is arrested for treason.
On the other hand, in other news, what is Suella on? She can be whatever she wants. If she doesn't want to be English/British, so be it, but she has no right to imply any of the England football team, past and present, that they aren't English. I am sure she sees some racist point scoring win in amongst her peculiar narrative. Silly woman.
Nah.
Trump/Musk approval ratings in the UK are dire. People might be supremely disappointed in Starmer, but the loathing some PBers feel for him is unusual. The contrast of the (relatively) benign Starmer with the grostesque US administration can only help him.
The comments on the BBC demonstrate the appetite for a Love Actually moment. People are aghast at the way Canada has been treated, and despite some of the clever economics chat on here, would support the PM if we responded in kind.
For sure. As soon as the US turned on Canada and Mexico, I decided to cut loose from my financial commitments to the US. Netflix, AppleTV, Paramount, all cancelled. Amazon Prime scheduled to stop in the autumn. No more Californian Pinot from Virgin Wines or Alaskan salmon from Waitrose. Not using Amazon at all is the tough one - the time and hassle it takes to try and buy the same stuff from domestic online suppliers, compared to the easy click and buy from Amazon, is remarkable. But I will do my best. The big question is my already booked trip to the US for 2026, which I may have to re-envisage as a mostly Canadian road trip.
It’s our 40th wedding anniversary this year and my wife is overdue a medal for good conduct and long suffering. We both have an interest in American history and had planned a trip to Washington and the civil war battle sites as a special treat.
Are you saying I should rethink this?
A trip to the Nissan factory followed by Marston Moor, Naseby and Edge Hill.
Save the American visit for the 50th.
Rather more to the Civil Wars of the Islands than that. Dunbar, Launceston, Culloden, Newburn, Worcester, Killiecrankie, Newark, Lyme Regis, the Irish sites, Stow on the Wold, etc. etc. all spring to mind. At least DavidL's ticked off the siege of Dundee.
Indeed.
But it seems odd how little known the battlefields of Britain are.
I've never been to those of Marston Moor, Towton or Stamford Bridge even though I must have been within a few miles of them hundreds of times.
Well that's something I can remedy when the weather improves.
A bit like Labour not having much of a plan for government after all, they haven't got much of a plan for dealing with Trump, other than dialling up the obsequiousness to 11.
No one had a plan for Trump.
Otherwise we'd have increased defence spending a couple of years ago..
(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges · 28m This is obviously turning into a triumph for Starmer. But it’s also a huge win for David Lammy and the Foreign Office. Serious preparation, The Sherpas have been doing some proper Sherparing.
Starmer now sells out Canada. He could have said something simple like “I know Donald is just joking about this. Look, Canada is one of Britain’s and America’s closest allies, a member of 5 eyes, and I think we all agree that”.
There can be no question where Starmer sees the future and it is close to the US with a trade deal avoiding tariffs
Of course Trump has UK connections, but also he endorses Brexit, and absolutely has the EU in his cross hairs so it could be argued that Starmer has taken advantage and absolutely with Mandelson influence
Starmer has at times been embarrassing patronising and not sure many of his mps or Lib Dems will be pleased
Trump has beasted Starmer. As you and William have hinted the hapless Starmer has humiliated our nation. First by being eclipsed by the Gorgeous Brothers and now this.
Starmer was far too fawning and I was close to reaching for the sick bag but I understand this was a tough gig .
Trump has pulled Starmer's pants down. First with his release of the Gorgeous Brothers and now with this humiliation. Starmer shouldn't have gone, and he certainly shouldn't have invited the orange bastard for a State Visit.
Trump confirming a trade deal avoiding tariffs is very much on the cards
Yeah, sounds like Starmer will have to do a trade deal if he wants to avoid tariffs. Could get messy for the government.
Indeed, he would likely need Tory and Reform support to get it through as lots of Labour MP rebels would join the LDs, Greens and SNP and PC and Corbyn's Independents and vote it down.
Trump getting it through Congress is not a given either
It is going to get worse for Labour. Trump and Musk are so going to butt-**** Starmer in half an hour. I am half expecting Andy Tate to be declared Prime Minister whilst Starmer is arrested for treason.
On the other hand, in other news, what is Suella on? She can be whatever she wants. If she doesn't want to be English/British, so be it, but she has no right to imply any of the England football team, past and present, that they aren't English. I am sure she sees some racist point scoring win in amongst her peculiar narrative. Silly woman.
Nah.
Trump/Musk approval ratings in the UK are dire. People might be supremely disappointed in Starmer, but the loathing some PBers feel for him is unusual. The contrast of the (relatively) benign Starmer with the grostesque US administration can only help him.
The comments on the BBC demonstrate the appetite for a Love Actually moment. People are aghast at the way Canada has been treated, and despite some of the clever economics chat on here, would support the PM if we responded in kind.
For sure. As soon as the US turned on Canada and Mexico, I decided to cut loose from my financial commitments to the US. Netflix, AppleTV, Paramount, all cancelled. Amazon Prime scheduled to stop in the autumn. No more Californian Pinot from Virgin Wines or Alaskan salmon from Waitrose. Not using Amazon at all is the tough one - the time and hassle it takes to try and buy the same stuff from domestic online suppliers, compared to the easy click and buy from Amazon, is remarkable. But I will do my best. The big question is my already booked trip to the US for 2026, which I may have to re-envisage as a mostly Canadian road trip.
It’s our 40th wedding anniversary this year and my wife is overdue a medal for good conduct and long suffering. We both have an interest in American history and had planned a trip to Washington and the civil war battle sites as a special treat.
Are you saying I should rethink this?
A trip to the Nissan factory followed by Marston Moor, Naseby and Edge Hill.
Save the American visit for the 50th.
Rather more to the Civil Wars of the Islands than that. Dunbar, Launceston, Culloden, Newburn, Worcester, Killiecrankie, Newark, Lyme Regis, the Irish sites, Stow on the Wold, etc. etc. all spring to mind. At least DavidL's ticked off the siege of Dundee.
Indeed.
But it seems odd how little known the battlefields of Britain are.
I've never been to those of Marston Moor, Towton or Stamford Bridge even though I must have been within a few miles of them hundreds of times.
Well that's something I can remedy when the weather improves.
You could do a pub crawl in Bamber Bridge to check off one battlefield.
Oh I see Starmer has been an utter twat staying silent while Trump lied through his teeth about EU trade and Ukraine support. Then saying “our trade is different, we have a trade deficit with you”. Amoral. Might as well go the whole Swiss hog and offer to bank his stolen gold and paintings when the war starts.
No doubt the word "perfidious" comes to Macron as he watches the snake charmer's antics
Macron behaved like a statesman. Starmer has behaved like a poodle.
Macron was oleaginous
Starmer is fucking rebarbative. Geopolitical arschlosssen
Surprised that anyone would have thought Starmer should behave differently. What would the UK possibly gain by having a ‘love actually’ moment and telling Trump to piss off? Apart from making us feel good about ourselves briefly. What counts is action. Will we actually be able to get a slightly better peace agreement in Ukraine, and can we avoid a trade war. Neither would be helped by Starmer attacking Trump for his remarks about Trudeau or Zelensky. And to be fair he did fact check Trump about UK military gifts to Ukraine, and rebutted Vance’s claims about free speech in the UK.
Trump confirming a trade deal avoiding tariffs is very much on the cards
Yeah, sounds like Starmer will have to do a trade deal if he wants to avoid tariffs. Could get messy for the government.
Why is a trade deal bad? No one is forced to buy stuff.
I'm not saying it would, but for Starmer and the government it won't be an easy "sell" and there's no telling what sectors might be on the table either. As @Big_G_NorthWales says if it happens, it also seals the deal on Brexit once and for all.
I'm sure if SKS had a preference he would just muddle along as we are right now, without a trade deal but it sounds like he'll be forced to do one if he wants to avoid tariffs.
Starmer has an incredible ability to confound his critics. Next election is wide open.
Before you laugh, I was one of the few to say here that no, Johnson wouldn’t last a decade and SKS would win.
But Jezza too etc.
It's definitely possible Labour could win the next election. I don't think SKS would be able to pull off the circumstances that produced a landslide with 35% but he could easily get a reduced majority with a similar or even bigger share.
I think a hung parliament is most likely with either a Lab/Lib or Con/Ref coalition, but 2029 is wide open at this stage, for sure.
It is going to get worse for Labour. Trump and Musk are so going to butt-**** Starmer in half an hour. I am half expecting Andy Tate to be declared Prime Minister whilst Starmer is arrested for treason.
On the other hand, in other news, what is Suella on? She can be whatever she wants. If she doesn't want to be English/British, so be it, but she has no right to imply any of the England football team, past and present, that they aren't English. I am sure she sees some racist point scoring win in amongst her peculiar narrative. Silly woman.
Nah.
Trump/Musk approval ratings in the UK are dire. People might be supremely disappointed in Starmer, but the loathing some PBers feel for him is unusual. The contrast of the (relatively) benign Starmer with the grostesque US administration can only help him.
The comments on the BBC demonstrate the appetite for a Love Actually moment. People are aghast at the way Canada has been treated, and despite some of the clever economics chat on here, would support the PM if we responded in kind.
For sure. As soon as the US turned on Canada and Mexico, I decided to cut loose from my financial commitments to the US. Netflix, AppleTV, Paramount, all cancelled. Amazon Prime scheduled to stop in the autumn. No more Californian Pinot from Virgin Wines or Alaskan salmon from Waitrose. Not using Amazon at all is the tough one - the time and hassle it takes to try and buy the same stuff from domestic online suppliers, compared to the easy click and buy from Amazon, is remarkable. But I will do my best. The big question is my already booked trip to the US for 2026, which I may have to re-envisage as a mostly Canadian road trip.
It’s our 40th wedding anniversary this year and my wife is overdue a medal for good conduct and long suffering. We both have an interest in American history and had planned a trip to Washington and the civil war battle sites as a special treat.
Are you saying I should rethink this?
A trip to the Nissan factory followed by Marston Moor, Naseby and Edge Hill.
Save the American visit for the 50th.
Rather more to the Civil Wars of the Islands than that. Dunbar, Launceston, Culloden, Newburn, Worcester, Killiecrankie, Newark, Lyme Regis, the Irish sites, Stow on the Wold, etc. etc. all spring to mind. At least DavidL's ticked off the siege of Dundee.
Indeed.
But it seems odd how little known the battlefields of Britain are.
I've never been to those of Marston Moor, Towton or Stamford Bridge even though I must have been within a few miles of them hundreds of times.
Well that's something I can remedy when the weather improves.
I'm planning to do Bosworth next week.
I'm much the same. I have certainly been to Edge Hill and Cheriton. But I have also been to Arnhem, Waterloo, Marengo, Salamanca, Ciudad Rodrigo, Fuentes de Oñoro, Bussaco, Austerlitz, Kosovo Polje, the Siege of Malta, Sriringapatnam, the Teutobuger Wald etc. Must try to get to some more British battlefields
All the people that hate SKS here still hate him so a score draw all told.
I quite liked him before, but now feel less favourable. I’m probably in a tiny minority.
Not quite so tiny: I'm not enjoying the smarm, either.
I think Starmer did fine. And for those with ears to hear he held his ground. He was clever and agile in the toughest public arena. He had a job to do, and he did it; and today may have done some good and probably didn't do any further harm. In current circumstances that's a win.
One other point: Trump didn't sound at all like there was tariffs coming on the UK. This is unrelated to a trade deal in fact. Any comprehensive trade deal may well be light years away and there isn't one at the moment.
Oh I see Starmer has been an utter twat staying silent while Trump lied through his teeth about EU trade and Ukraine support. Then saying “our trade is different, we have a trade deficit with you”. Amoral. Might as well go the whole Swiss hog and offer to bank his stolen gold and paintings when the war starts.
No doubt the word "perfidious" comes to Macron as he watches the snake charmer's antics
Macron behaved like a statesman. Starmer has behaved like a poodle.
Macron was oleaginous
Starmer is fucking rebarbative. Geopolitical arschlosssen
Surprised that anyone would have thought Starmer should behave differently. What would the UK possibly gain by having a ‘love actually’ moment and telling Trump to piss off? Apart from making us feel good about ourselves briefly. What counts is action. Will we actually be able to get a slightly better peace agreement in Ukraine, and can we avoid a trade war. Neither would be helped by Starmer attacking Trump for his remarks about Trudeau or Zelensky. And to be fair he did fact check Trump about UK military gifts to Ukraine, and rebutted Vance’s claims about free speech in the UK.
Well I agree with that. The whole Love Actually meme is fantasy bollocks. (And it's a crap film into the bargain.)
All the people that hate SKS here still hate him so a score draw all told.
I quite liked him before, but now feel less favourable. I’m probably in a tiny minority.
Not quite so tiny: I'm not enjoying the smarm, either.
I think the Government had a bad start but is now starting to get a grip (since dumping Sue Gray). I'm not a Lab supporter but can recognise having a Government doing well is in the national interest.
Tom Harris in the Telegraph argues that Lab are more right wing than the Tories:
The interesting thing is how it pans out electorally. the danger is that Starmer gets plaudits from people who still won't vote for him, while upsetting the base.
All the people that hate SKS here still hate him so a score draw all told.
I quite liked him before, but now feel less favourable. I’m probably in a tiny minority.
Not quite so tiny: I'm not enjoying the smarm, either.
I think Starmer did fine. And for those with ears to hear he held his ground. He had a job to do, and he did it; and today may have done some good and probably didn't do anmy further harm. In current circumstances that's a win.
One other point: Trump didn't sound at all like there was tariffs coming on the UK. This is unrelated to a trade deal in fact. Any comprehensive trade deal may well be light years away and there isn't one at the moment.
Trump's own words were that he was hopeful a quick trade deal will be forthcoming to avoid tariffs so the deal is related to tariffs
All the people that hate SKS here still hate him so a score draw all told.
I quite liked him before, but now feel less favourable. I’m probably in a tiny minority.
The Canada thing was pretty bad. As was the lack of steel on whether we could take on Russia (even if the MoD think we can't, we have to pretend).
Hindsight is everything, but a great answer would have been "With our French and Canadian allies, absolutely".
In all of this, we are forgetting Ukraine a bit. That strikes me as wrong, but it may well be a good thing in the long run. Starmer and Macron are taking the heat off Zelensky.
Whether we like it or not the UK is currently too reliant on the US for its defence .
You can’t just change that overnight .
We need to go full on alt.right Euro defense
Britain under reform shall be united with France under le pen, Germany under the AfD and Italy under Meloni
Then let’s make Europe great again - and able to defend our noble civilisation from the heathens
Except the AfD lost in Germany, Meloni is only in a coalition government with centre right Forza Italia, Le Pen needs LR voters support to win in the runoff in 2027 and Reform can't govern without Tory support either, so you would need the centre right too
Trump is doing a good job so far depressing support for the right around the world.
It is going to get worse for Labour. Trump and Musk are so going to butt-**** Starmer in half an hour. I am half expecting Andy Tate to be declared Prime Minister whilst Starmer is arrested for treason.
On the other hand, in other news, what is Suella on? She can be whatever she wants. If she doesn't want to be English/British, so be it, but she has no right to imply any of the England football team, past and present, that they aren't English. I am sure she sees some racist point scoring win in amongst her peculiar narrative. Silly woman.
Nah.
Trump/Musk approval ratings in the UK are dire. People might be supremely disappointed in Starmer, but the loathing some PBers feel for him is unusual. The contrast of the (relatively) benign Starmer with the grostesque US administration can only help him.
The comments on the BBC demonstrate the appetite for a Love Actually moment. People are aghast at the way Canada has been treated, and despite some of the clever economics chat on here, would support the PM if we responded in kind.
For sure. As soon as the US turned on Canada and Mexico, I decided to cut loose from my financial commitments to the US. Netflix, AppleTV, Paramount, all cancelled. Amazon Prime scheduled to stop in the autumn. No more Californian Pinot from Virgin Wines or Alaskan salmon from Waitrose. Not using Amazon at all is the tough one - the time and hassle it takes to try and buy the same stuff from domestic online suppliers, compared to the easy click and buy from Amazon, is remarkable. But I will do my best. The big question is my already booked trip to the US for 2026, which I may have to re-envisage as a mostly Canadian road trip.
It’s our 40th wedding anniversary this year and my wife is overdue a medal for good conduct and long suffering. We both have an interest in American history and had planned a trip to Washington and the civil war battle sites as a special treat.
Are you saying I should rethink this?
A trip to the Nissan factory followed by Marston Moor, Naseby and Edge Hill.
Save the American visit for the 50th.
Rather more to the Civil Wars of the Islands than that. Dunbar, Launceston, Culloden, Newburn, Worcester, Killiecrankie, Newark, Lyme Regis, the Irish sites, Stow on the Wold, etc. etc. all spring to mind. At least DavidL's ticked off the siege of Dundee.
Indeed.
But it seems odd how little known the battlefields of Britain are.
I've never been to those of Marston Moor, Towton or Stamford Bridge even though I must have been within a few miles of them hundreds of times.
Well that's something I can remedy when the weather improves.
I'm planning to do Bosworth next week.
I'm much the same. I have certainly been to Edge Hill and Cheriton. But I have also been to Arnhem, Waterloo, Marengo, Salamanca, Ciudad Rodrigo, Fuentes de Oñoro, Bussaco, Austerlitz, Kosovo Polje, the Siege of Malta, Sriringapatnam, the Teutobuger Wald etc. Must try to get to some more British battlefields
All the people that hate SKS here still hate him so a score draw all told.
I quite liked him before, but now feel less favourable. I’m probably in a tiny minority.
Not quite so tiny: I'm not enjoying the smarm, either.
I think the Government had a bad start but is now starting to get a grip (since dumping Sue Gray). I'm not a Lab supporter but can recognise having a Government doing well is in the national interest.
Tom Harris in the Telegraph argues that Lab are more right wing than the Tories:
The interesting thing is how it pans out electorally. the danger is that Starmer gets plaudits from people who still won't vote for him, while upsetting the base.
Actually I made just the point in your last paragraph earlier
Starmer now sells out Canada. He could have said something simple like “I know Donald is just joking about this. Look, Canada is one of Britain’s and America’s closest allies, a member of 5 eyes, and I think we all agree that”.
To be fair to Starmer I think he was trying to close down a hostile line of questioning rather than do a dirty on Canada. He could have been a bit diplomatic by adding "And of course the UK has a very good relationship with Canada too." But these are probably things you don't think of in what must be the most stressful meeting he's been to as PM.
All the people that hate SKS here still hate him so a score draw all told.
I quite liked him before, but now feel less favourable. I’m probably in a tiny minority.
Not quite so tiny: I'm not enjoying the smarm, either.
I think Starmer did fine. And for those with ears to hear he held his ground. He had a job to do, and he did it; and today may have done some good and probably didn't do anmy further harm. In current circumstances that's a win.
One other point: Trump didn't sound at all like there was tariffs coming on the UK. This is unrelated to a trade deal in fact. Any comprehensive trade deal may well be light years away and there isn't one at the moment.
Trump's own words were that he was hopeful a quick trade deal will be forthcoming to avoid tariffs so the deal is related to tariffs
Noted. One to take seriously but not literally. A comprehensive trade deal with USA is a potential nightmare for agriculture.
It is going to get worse for Labour. Trump and Musk are so going to butt-**** Starmer in half an hour. I am half expecting Andy Tate to be declared Prime Minister whilst Starmer is arrested for treason.
On the other hand, in other news, what is Suella on? She can be whatever she wants. If she doesn't want to be English/British, so be it, but she has no right to imply any of the England football team, past and present, that they aren't English. I am sure she sees some racist point scoring win in amongst her peculiar narrative. Silly woman.
Nah.
Trump/Musk approval ratings in the UK are dire. People might be supremely disappointed in Starmer, but the loathing some PBers feel for him is unusual. The contrast of the (relatively) benign Starmer with the grostesque US administration can only help him.
The comments on the BBC demonstrate the appetite for a Love Actually moment. People are aghast at the way Canada has been treated, and despite some of the clever economics chat on here, would support the PM if we responded in kind.
For sure. As soon as the US turned on Canada and Mexico, I decided to cut loose from my financial commitments to the US. Netflix, AppleTV, Paramount, all cancelled. Amazon Prime scheduled to stop in the autumn. No more Californian Pinot from Virgin Wines or Alaskan salmon from Waitrose. Not using Amazon at all is the tough one - the time and hassle it takes to try and buy the same stuff from domestic online suppliers, compared to the easy click and buy from Amazon, is remarkable. But I will do my best. The big question is my already booked trip to the US for 2026, which I may have to re-envisage as a mostly Canadian road trip.
It’s our 40th wedding anniversary this year and my wife is overdue a medal for good conduct and long suffering. We both have an interest in American history and had planned a trip to Washington and the civil war battle sites as a special treat.
Are you saying I should rethink this?
A trip to the Nissan factory followed by Marston Moor, Naseby and Edge Hill.
Save the American visit for the 50th.
Rather more to the Civil Wars of the Islands than that. Dunbar, Launceston, Culloden, Newburn, Worcester, Killiecrankie, Newark, Lyme Regis, the Irish sites, Stow on the Wold, etc. etc. all spring to mind. At least DavidL's ticked off the siege of Dundee.
Indeed.
But it seems odd how little known the battlefields of Britain are.
I've never been to those of Marston Moor, Towton or Stamford Bridge even though I must have been within a few miles of them hundreds of times.
Well that's something I can remedy when the weather improves.
I'm planning to do Bosworth next week.
I'm much the same. I have certainly been to Edge Hill and Cheriton. But I have also been to Arnhem, Waterloo, Marengo, Salamanca, Ciudad Rodrigo, Fuentes de Oñoro, Bussaco, Austerlitz, Kosovo Polje, the Siege of Malta, Sriringapatnam, the Teutobuger Wald etc. Must try to get to some more British battlefields
All the people that hate SKS here still hate him so a score draw all told.
I quite liked him before, but now feel less favourable. I’m probably in a tiny minority.
Not quite so tiny: I'm not enjoying the smarm, either.
I think Starmer did fine. And for those with ears to hear he held his ground. He had a job to do, and he did it; and today may have done some good and probably didn't do anmy further harm. In current circumstances that's a win.
One other point: Trump didn't sound at all like there was tariffs coming on the UK. This is unrelated to a trade deal in fact. Any comprehensive trade deal may well be light years away and there isn't one at the moment.
Trump's own words were that he was hopeful a quick trade deal will be forthcoming to avoid tariffs so the deal is related to tariffs
Noted. One to take seriously but not literally. A comprehensive trade deal with USA is a potential nightmare for agriculture.
IIRC didn't the DOD want to keep Bagram open to support the Afghan government if the Taliban threatened their rule but the Trump/Taliban deal wouldn't have left enough forces to support and defend the base and so it was left.
It is going to get worse for Labour. Trump and Musk are so going to butt-**** Starmer in half an hour. I am half expecting Andy Tate to be declared Prime Minister whilst Starmer is arrested for treason.
On the other hand, in other news, what is Suella on? She can be whatever she wants. If she doesn't want to be English/British, so be it, but she has no right to imply any of the England football team, past and present, that they aren't English. I am sure she sees some racist point scoring win in amongst her peculiar narrative. Silly woman.
Nah.
Trump/Musk approval ratings in the UK are dire. People might be supremely disappointed in Starmer, but the loathing some PBers feel for him is unusual. The contrast of the (relatively) benign Starmer with the grostesque US administration can only help him.
The comments on the BBC demonstrate the appetite for a Love Actually moment. People are aghast at the way Canada has been treated, and despite some of the clever economics chat on here, would support the PM if we responded in kind.
For sure. As soon as the US turned on Canada and Mexico, I decided to cut loose from my financial commitments to the US. Netflix, AppleTV, Paramount, all cancelled. Amazon Prime scheduled to stop in the autumn. No more Californian Pinot from Virgin Wines or Alaskan salmon from Waitrose. Not using Amazon at all is the tough one - the time and hassle it takes to try and buy the same stuff from domestic online suppliers, compared to the easy click and buy from Amazon, is remarkable. But I will do my best. The big question is my already booked trip to the US for 2026, which I may have to re-envisage as a mostly Canadian road trip.
It’s our 40th wedding anniversary this year and my wife is overdue a medal for good conduct and long suffering. We both have an interest in American history and had planned a trip to Washington and the civil war battle sites as a special treat.
Are you saying I should rethink this?
A trip to the Nissan factory followed by Marston Moor, Naseby and Edge Hill.
Save the American visit for the 50th.
Rather more to the Civil Wars of the Islands than that. Dunbar, Launceston, Culloden, Newburn, Worcester, Killiecrankie, Newark, Lyme Regis, the Irish sites, Stow on the Wold, etc. etc. all spring to mind. At least DavidL's ticked off the siege of Dundee.
Indeed.
But it seems odd how little known the battlefields of Britain are.
I've never been to those of Marston Moor, Towton or Stamford Bridge even though I must have been within a few miles of them hundreds of times.
Well that's something I can remedy when the weather improves.
I'm planning to do Bosworth next week.
I'm much the same. I have certainly been to Edge Hill and Cheriton. But I have also been to Arnhem, Waterloo, Marengo, Salamanca, Ciudad Rodrigo, Fuentes de Oñoro, Bussaco, Austerlitz, Kosovo Polje, the Siege of Malta, Sriringapatnam, the Teutobuger Wald etc. Must try to get to some more British battlefields
Towton is perhaps the most authentic. It's almost as featureless as it must have been five and a half centuries back.
Oh I see Starmer has been an utter twat staying silent while Trump lied through his teeth about EU trade and Ukraine support. Then saying “our trade is different, we have a trade deficit with you”. Amoral. Might as well go the whole Swiss hog and offer to bank his stolen gold and paintings when the war starts.
No doubt the word "perfidious" comes to Macron as he watches the snake charmer's antics
Macron behaved like a statesman. Starmer has behaved like a poodle.
A Labouradoodle at least.
Characteristic of our right wing on PB to think that only XL Bullies can bite (let alone get their way without biting).
Starmer now sells out Canada. He could have said something simple like “I know Donald is just joking about this. Look, Canada is one of Britain’s and America’s closest allies, a member of 5 eyes, and I think we all agree that”.
I heard it differently, with Trump anxious not to go there and cutting short any comment in order to help Starmer and minimise attention on his own folly; Starmer anxious to say nothing at all - conventionally he doesn't get involved with the sovereignty matters of King Charles III other realms.
The main impression is that Trump was very keen throughout not to embarass Starmer.
All the people that hate SKS here still hate him so a score draw all told.
I quite liked him before, but now feel less favourable. I’m probably in a tiny minority.
Not quite so tiny: I'm not enjoying the smarm, either.
I think Starmer did fine. And for those with ears to hear he held his ground. He had a job to do, and he did it; and today may have done some good and probably didn't do anmy further harm. In current circumstances that's a win.
One other point: Trump didn't sound at all like there was tariffs coming on the UK. This is unrelated to a trade deal in fact. Any comprehensive trade deal may well be light years away and there isn't one at the moment.
Trump's own words were that he was hopeful a quick trade deal will be forthcoming to avoid tariffs so the deal is related to tariffs
Noted. One to take seriously but not literally. A comprehensive trade deal with USA is a potential nightmare for agriculture.
Supreme de volaille a la crème de javel. Jarret de Porc aux hormones. Œufs à la salmonella.
All the people that hate SKS here still hate him so a score draw all told.
I quite liked him before, but now feel less favourable. I’m probably in a tiny minority.
Not quite so tiny: I'm not enjoying the smarm, either.
I think Starmer did fine. And for those with ears to hear he held his ground. He had a job to do, and he did it; and today may have done some good and probably didn't do anmy further harm. In current circumstances that's a win.
One other point: Trump didn't sound at all like there was tariffs coming on the UK. This is unrelated to a trade deal in fact. Any comprehensive trade deal may well be light years away and there isn't one at the moment.
Trump's own words were that he was hopeful a quick trade deal will be forthcoming to avoid tariffs so the deal is related to tariffs
Noted. One to take seriously but not literally. A comprehensive trade deal with USA is a potential nightmare for agriculture.
If not then tariffs
Don't know but I predict fairly much 'steady as she goes' WRT to UK/USA trade.
Trump praised Starmer as a “very tough negotiator”, promised a swift trade agreement, backed the Chagos deal and reaffirmed Article 5.
Hard to see how this US trip could have gone better for Starmer.
No way anyone seriously believes Article 5 has any real value with a Trump Whitehouse. Starmer's not daft, he sees what Trump is really like even if he has to bite his tongue and smile for the cameras.
It is going to get worse for Labour. Trump and Musk are so going to butt-**** Starmer in half an hour. I am half expecting Andy Tate to be declared Prime Minister whilst Starmer is arrested for treason.
On the other hand, in other news, what is Suella on? She can be whatever she wants. If she doesn't want to be English/British, so be it, but she has no right to imply any of the England football team, past and present, that they aren't English. I am sure she sees some racist point scoring win in amongst her peculiar narrative. Silly woman.
Nah.
Trump/Musk approval ratings in the UK are dire. People might be supremely disappointed in Starmer, but the loathing some PBers feel for him is unusual. The contrast of the (relatively) benign Starmer with the grostesque US administration can only help him.
The comments on the BBC demonstrate the appetite for a Love Actually moment. People are aghast at the way Canada has been treated, and despite some of the clever economics chat on here, would support the PM if we responded in kind.
For sure. As soon as the US turned on Canada and Mexico, I decided to cut loose from my financial commitments to the US. Netflix, AppleTV, Paramount, all cancelled. Amazon Prime scheduled to stop in the autumn. No more Californian Pinot from Virgin Wines or Alaskan salmon from Waitrose. Not using Amazon at all is the tough one - the time and hassle it takes to try and buy the same stuff from domestic online suppliers, compared to the easy click and buy from Amazon, is remarkable. But I will do my best. The big question is my already booked trip to the US for 2026, which I may have to re-envisage as a mostly Canadian road trip.
It’s our 40th wedding anniversary this year and my wife is overdue a medal for good conduct and long suffering. We both have an interest in American history and had planned a trip to Washington and the civil war battle sites as a special treat.
Are you saying I should rethink this?
A trip to the Nissan factory followed by Marston Moor, Naseby and Edge Hill.
Save the American visit for the 50th.
Rather more to the Civil Wars of the Islands than that. Dunbar, Launceston, Culloden, Newburn, Worcester, Killiecrankie, Newark, Lyme Regis, the Irish sites, Stow on the Wold, etc. etc. all spring to mind. At least DavidL's ticked off the siege of Dundee.
Indeed.
But it seems odd how little known the battlefields of Britain are.
I've never been to those of Marston Moor, Towton or Stamford Bridge even though I must have been within a few miles of them hundreds of times.
Well that's something I can remedy when the weather improves.
I'm planning to do Bosworth next week.
I'm much the same. I have certainly been to Edge Hill and Cheriton. But I have also been to Arnhem, Waterloo, Marengo, Salamanca, Ciudad Rodrigo, Fuentes de Oñoro, Bussaco, Austerlitz, Kosovo Polje, the Siege of Malta, Sriringapatnam, the Teutobuger Wald etc. Must try to get to some more British battlefields
All the people that hate SKS here still hate him so a score draw all told.
I quite liked him before, but now feel less favourable. I’m probably in a tiny minority.
Not quite so tiny: I'm not enjoying the smarm, either.
I think Starmer did fine. And for those with ears to hear he held his ground. He had a job to do, and he did it; and today may have done some good and probably didn't do anmy further harm. In current circumstances that's a win.
One other point: Trump didn't sound at all like there was tariffs coming on the UK. This is unrelated to a trade deal in fact. Any comprehensive trade deal may well be light years away and there isn't one at the moment.
Trump's own words were that he was hopeful a quick trade deal will be forthcoming to avoid tariffs so the deal is related to tariffs
Noted. One to take seriously but not literally. A comprehensive trade deal with USA is a potential nightmare for agriculture.
Supreme de volaille a la crème de javel. Jarret de Porc aux hormones. Œufs à la salmonella.
Allison Pearson @AllisonPearson · 3h How did Britain end up being led by a Soviet-era, limited, soulless ideological woodentop like Starmer? Municipal council is his level.
He’s hugely unpopular. People can’t wait to see the back of him. Yet there he is representing us at the White House. @realDonaldTrump
There’s a lot of hat-eating tonight. Critics will find a way to do the PM down, ofc. Say he gave too much or too little. Was too fawning or not enough. They'd have done it better. Nothing will come of it.
But in their black shrivelled heart they'll know Starmer played a blinder.
Allison Pearson @AllisonPearson · 3h How did Britain end up being led by a Soviet-era, limited, soulless ideological woodentop like Starmer? Municipal council is his level.
He’s hugely unpopular. People can’t wait to see the back of him. Yet there he is representing us at the White House. @realDonaldTrump
It happened at least partly because people like Allison urged everyone to vote REF in Election 24, thus splitting the right wing vote in half and allowing Labour to claim a 170 majority on 35% of the vote....
It is going to get worse for Labour. Trump and Musk are so going to butt-**** Starmer in half an hour. I am half expecting Andy Tate to be declared Prime Minister whilst Starmer is arrested for treason.
On the other hand, in other news, what is Suella on? She can be whatever she wants. If she doesn't want to be English/British, so be it, but she has no right to imply any of the England football team, past and present, that they aren't English. I am sure she sees some racist point scoring win in amongst her peculiar narrative. Silly woman.
Nah.
Trump/Musk approval ratings in the UK are dire. People might be supremely disappointed in Starmer, but the loathing some PBers feel for him is unusual. The contrast of the (relatively) benign Starmer with the grostesque US administration can only help him.
The comments on the BBC demonstrate the appetite for a Love Actually moment. People are aghast at the way Canada has been treated, and despite some of the clever economics chat on here, would support the PM if we responded in kind.
For sure. As soon as the US turned on Canada and Mexico, I decided to cut loose from my financial commitments to the US. Netflix, AppleTV, Paramount, all cancelled. Amazon Prime scheduled to stop in the autumn. No more Californian Pinot from Virgin Wines or Alaskan salmon from Waitrose. Not using Amazon at all is the tough one - the time and hassle it takes to try and buy the same stuff from domestic online suppliers, compared to the easy click and buy from Amazon, is remarkable. But I will do my best. The big question is my already booked trip to the US for 2026, which I may have to re-envisage as a mostly Canadian road trip.
It’s our 40th wedding anniversary this year and my wife is overdue a medal for good conduct and long suffering. We both have an interest in American history and had planned a trip to Washington and the civil war battle sites as a special treat.
Are you saying I should rethink this?
A trip to the Nissan factory followed by Marston Moor, Naseby and Edge Hill.
Save the American visit for the 50th.
Rather more to the Civil Wars of the Islands than that. Dunbar, Launceston, Culloden, Newburn, Worcester, Killiecrankie, Newark, Lyme Regis, the Irish sites, Stow on the Wold, etc. etc. all spring to mind. At least DavidL's ticked off the siege of Dundee.
Indeed.
But it seems odd how little known the battlefields of Britain are.
I've never been to those of Marston Moor, Towton or Stamford Bridge even though I must have been within a few miles of them hundreds of times.
Well that's something I can remedy when the weather improves.
I'm planning to do Bosworth next week.
I'm much the same. I have certainly been to Edge Hill and Cheriton. But I have also been to Arnhem, Waterloo, Marengo, Salamanca, Ciudad Rodrigo, Fuentes de Oñoro, Bussaco, Austerlitz, Kosovo Polje, the Siege of Malta, Sriringapatnam, the Teutobuger Wald etc. Must try to get to some more British battlefields
Towton is perhaps the most authentic. It's almost as featureless as it must have been five and a half centuries back.
Also the archaeology of the human remains is outstanding, I have a copy of the site report. Almost as good as Visby, and while I have been to the Army Museum in Stockholm where many of the remains are displayed, I haven't managed to get to Gotland yet.
There’s a lot of hat-eating tonight. Critics will find a way to do the PM down, ofc. Say he gave too much or too little. Was too fawning or not enough. They'd have done it better. Nothing will come of it.
But in their black shrivelled heart they'll know Starmer played a blinder.
If a Tory had said and done exactly the same as Starmer these people would be saying that it was totally embarrassing.
There’s a lot of hat-eating tonight. Critics will find a way to do the PM down, ofc. Say he gave too much or too little. Was too fawning or not enough. They'd have done it better. Nothing will come of it.
But in their black shrivelled heart they'll know Starmer played a blinder.
If a Tory had said and done exactly the same as Starmer these people would be saying that it was totally embarrassing.
Totally gobsmacked at a display of consummate competence more like.
There’s a lot of hat-eating tonight. Critics will find a way to do the PM down, ofc. Say he gave too much or too little. Was too fawning or not enough. They'd have done it better. Nothing will come of it.
But in their black shrivelled heart they'll know Starmer played a blinder.
If a Tory had said and done exactly the same as Starmer these people would be saying that it was totally embarrassing.
It can be both embarassing and making the best of a bad job. He's done alright, and as I've already said words and actions may well differ. Keep Trump onside but assume the worst.
There’s a lot of hat-eating tonight. Critics will find a way to do the PM down, ofc. Say he gave too much or too little. Was too fawning or not enough. They'd have done it better. Nothing will come of it.
But in their black shrivelled heart they'll know Starmer played a blinder.
If a Tory had said and done exactly the same as Starmer these people would be saying that it was totally embarrassing.
There’s a lot of hat-eating tonight. Critics will find a way to do the PM down, ofc. Say he gave too much or too little. Was too fawning or not enough. They'd have done it better. Nothing will come of it.
But in their black shrivelled heart they'll know Starmer played a blinder.
If a Tory had said and done exactly the same as Starmer these people would be saying that it was totally embarrassing.
I found it embarrassing and nauseating at times. But Starmer needed to avoid a calamity and come back with a few scraps from the buffet table which he achieved ,
@ShippersUnbound · 11m Replying to @JohnRentoul and @George_Osborne The only problem with this revelation is that I have neither accepted a new job nor resigned from my current one. As I explained to GO when I heard he was planning to broadcast this. If I behaved like this as a journalist I would very quickly be out of business
It is going to get worse for Labour. Trump and Musk are so going to butt-**** Starmer in half an hour. I am half expecting Andy Tate to be declared Prime Minister whilst Starmer is arrested for treason.
On the other hand, in other news, what is Suella on? She can be whatever she wants. If she doesn't want to be English/British, so be it, but she has no right to imply any of the England football team, past and present, that they aren't English. I am sure she sees some racist point scoring win in amongst her peculiar narrative. Silly woman.
Nah.
Trump/Musk approval ratings in the UK are dire. People might be supremely disappointed in Starmer, but the loathing some PBers feel for him is unusual. The contrast of the (relatively) benign Starmer with the grostesque US administration can only help him.
The comments on the BBC demonstrate the appetite for a Love Actually moment. People are aghast at the way Canada has been treated, and despite some of the clever economics chat on here, would support the PM if we responded in kind.
For sure. As soon as the US turned on Canada and Mexico, I decided to cut loose from my financial commitments to the US. Netflix, AppleTV, Paramount, all cancelled. Amazon Prime scheduled to stop in the autumn. No more Californian Pinot from Virgin Wines or Alaskan salmon from Waitrose. Not using Amazon at all is the tough one - the time and hassle it takes to try and buy the same stuff from domestic online suppliers, compared to the easy click and buy from Amazon, is remarkable. But I will do my best. The big question is my already booked trip to the US for 2026, which I may have to re-envisage as a mostly Canadian road trip.
It’s our 40th wedding anniversary this year and my wife is overdue a medal for good conduct and long suffering. We both have an interest in American history and had planned a trip to Washington and the civil war battle sites as a special treat.
Are you saying I should rethink this?
A trip to the Nissan factory followed by Marston Moor, Naseby and Edge Hill.
Save the American visit for the 50th.
Rather more to the Civil Wars of the Islands than that. Dunbar, Launceston, Culloden, Newburn, Worcester, Killiecrankie, Newark, Lyme Regis, the Irish sites, Stow on the Wold, etc. etc. all spring to mind. At least DavidL's ticked off the siege of Dundee.
Indeed.
But it seems odd how little known the battlefields of Britain are.
I've never been to those of Marston Moor, Towton or Stamford Bridge even though I must have been within a few miles of them hundreds of times.
Well that's something I can remedy when the weather improves.
I'm planning to do Bosworth next week.
I'm much the same. I have certainly been to Edge Hill and Cheriton. But I have also been to Arnhem, Waterloo, Marengo, Salamanca, Ciudad Rodrigo, Fuentes de Oñoro, Bussaco, Austerlitz, Kosovo Polje, the Siege of Malta, Sriringapatnam, the Teutobuger Wald etc. Must try to get to some more British battlefields
Because firstly, he's a bit shit at dealmaking, and secondly, and more importantly, he's not paying for it.,
“he's not paying for it.”
Are you sure? US have always paid us for our Chagos work before. Matesrates deals on nuclear weaponry.
The details of our Chagos deal make zero difference to that.
How do you know? Firstly you don’t have details of the Chagos Deal, and secondly the abstract tie in of mates rates on weaponry won’t even be mentioned in the commons debate or written in the details, wasn’t last time as I can find anywhere. We have to wait for like thirty years or fifty years for document release to piece these things together, to know what we get in return.
Because firstly, he's a bit shit at dealmaking, and secondly, and more importantly, he's not paying for it.,
“he's not paying for it.”
Are you sure? US have always paid us for our Chagos work before. Matesrates deals on nuclear weaponry.
The details of our Chagos deal make zero difference to that.
How do you know? Firstly you don’t have details of the Chagos Deal, and secondly the abstract tie in of mates rates on weaponry won’t even be mentioned in the commons debate or written in the details, wasn’t last time as I can find anywhere. We have to wait for like thirty years or fifty years for document release to piece these things together, to know what we get in return.
It is going to get worse for Labour. Trump and Musk are so going to butt-**** Starmer in half an hour. I am half expecting Andy Tate to be declared Prime Minister whilst Starmer is arrested for treason.
On the other hand, in other news, what is Suella on? She can be whatever she wants. If she doesn't want to be English/British, so be it, but she has no right to imply any of the England football team, past and present, that they aren't English. I am sure she sees some racist point scoring win in amongst her peculiar narrative. Silly woman.
Nah.
Trump/Musk approval ratings in the UK are dire. People might be supremely disappointed in Starmer, but the loathing some PBers feel for him is unusual. The contrast of the (relatively) benign Starmer with the grostesque US administration can only help him.
The comments on the BBC demonstrate the appetite for a Love Actually moment. People are aghast at the way Canada has been treated, and despite some of the clever economics chat on here, would support the PM if we responded in kind.
For sure. As soon as the US turned on Canada and Mexico, I decided to cut loose from my financial commitments to the US. Netflix, AppleTV, Paramount, all cancelled. Amazon Prime scheduled to stop in the autumn. No more Californian Pinot from Virgin Wines or Alaskan salmon from Waitrose. Not using Amazon at all is the tough one - the time and hassle it takes to try and buy the same stuff from domestic online suppliers, compared to the easy click and buy from Amazon, is remarkable. But I will do my best. The big question is my already booked trip to the US for 2026, which I may have to re-envisage as a mostly Canadian road trip.
It’s our 40th wedding anniversary this year and my wife is overdue a medal for good conduct and long suffering. We both have an interest in American history and had planned a trip to Washington and the civil war battle sites as a special treat.
Are you saying I should rethink this?
A trip to the Nissan factory followed by Marston Moor, Naseby and Edge Hill.
Save the American visit for the 50th.
Rather more to the Civil Wars of the Islands than that. Dunbar, Launceston, Culloden, Newburn, Worcester, Killiecrankie, Newark, Lyme Regis, the Irish sites, Stow on the Wold, etc. etc. all spring to mind. At least DavidL's ticked off the siege of Dundee.
Indeed.
But it seems odd how little known the battlefields of Britain are.
I've never been to those of Marston Moor, Towton or Stamford Bridge even though I must have been within a few miles of them hundreds of times.
Well that's something I can remedy when the weather improves.
I'm planning to do Bosworth next week.
I'm much the same. I have certainly been to Edge Hill and Cheriton. But I have also been to Arnhem, Waterloo, Marengo, Salamanca, Ciudad Rodrigo, Fuentes de Oñoro, Bussaco, Austerlitz, Kosovo Polje, the Siege of Malta, Sriringapatnam, the Teutobuger Wald etc. Must try to get to some more British battlefields
Weirdly, those who called Biden senile are now silent.
Interesting that the large bruise on Trump's hand - which they had made efforts to cover with make-up - has been likened to bruises that those who use blood-thinners get.
Trump may have some serious, undisclosed health issues.
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Trump just now: the U.S. should take back the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
https://x.com/DanDePetris/status/1894803133328761015
Only way to be sure.
That is going to trigger many
The first real Brexit dividend?
As I said before, turn Trump's flaws into his biggest weakness to be manipulated.
All Trump cares about is himself and how great and special he is, so offer him shiny trinkets that don't mean jack or cost us much but that makes him feel special, and then he can be managed better.
He's like a bird now distracted by and admiring his own reflection - and if that means he does what we want, then mission accomplished.
Yes, being too "close" to Washington isn't always electorally popular even if it's geopolitically and diplomatically sensible but at least now there is or could be a viable alternative in terms of a much closer political and military relationship with the rest of Europe (that doesn't mean rejoining the EU).
A moment of "truth" for Europe or an acceptance of what has been the reality for decades - we may not be able to live with Washington (administrations come and go) but we can't live without them?
It is another though. Trigger warning for Scott.
Plastic patriots offended.
And no trade deal means Trump will treat us asif we are the EU
Ron DeSantis on Andrew Tate: “No, Florida is not a place where you’re welcome with that type of conduct.”
Good for him. Say what you want about DeSantis and other rightists, there are some moral guardrails. MAGA is uniquely depraved from the top down.
https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1895154797747253380
Otherwise we'd have increased defence spending a couple of years ago..
@DPJHodges
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This is obviously turning into a triumph for Starmer. But it’s also a huge win for David Lammy and the Foreign Office. Serious preparation, The Sherpas have been doing some proper Sherparing.
Trump getting it through Congress is not a given either
Indeed losing the American colonies in the first place in 1783 was far more humiliating
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bamber_Bridge
Before you laugh, I was one of the few to say here that no, Johnson wouldn’t last a decade and SKS would win.
But Jezza too etc.
I'm sure if SKS had a preference he would just muddle along as we are right now, without a trade deal but it sounds like he'll be forced to do one if he wants to avoid tariffs.
Trump praised Starmer as a “very tough negotiator”, promised a swift trade agreement, backed the Chagos deal and reaffirmed Article 5.
Hard to see how this US trip could have gone better for Starmer.
I think a hung parliament is most likely with either a Lab/Lib or Con/Ref coalition, but 2029 is wide open at this stage, for sure.
One other point: Trump didn't sound at all like there was tariffs coming on the UK. This is unrelated to a trade deal in fact. Any comprehensive trade deal may well be light years away and there isn't one at the moment.
The whole Love Actually meme is fantasy bollocks. (And it's a crap film into the bargain.)
Tom Harris in the Telegraph argues that Lab are more right wing than the Tories:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/27/britain-now-has-most-right-wing-government-in-generation/
The interesting thing is how it pans out electorally. the danger is that Starmer gets plaudits from people who still won't vote for him, while upsetting the base.
Hindsight is everything, but a great answer would have been "With our French and Canadian allies, absolutely".
In all of this, we are forgetting Ukraine a bit. That strikes me as wrong, but it may well be a good thing in the long run. Starmer and Macron are taking the heat off Zelensky.
- Strong economy and reduced cost of living
- Clearly improving public services
- Progress on reducing immigration
Foreign affairs won't drive many votes. Still early days.
It's almost as featureless as it must have been five and a half centuries back.
The main impression is that Trump was very keen throughout not to embarass Starmer.
Jarret de Porc aux hormones.
Œufs à la salmonella.
Allison Pearson
@AllisonPearson
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How did Britain end up being led by a Soviet-era, limited, soulless ideological woodentop like Starmer? Municipal council is his level.
He’s hugely unpopular. People can’t wait to see the back of him. Yet there he is representing us at the White House.
@realDonaldTrump
https://x.com/AllisonPearson/status/1895171090390843453
There’s a lot of hat-eating tonight. Critics will find a way to do the PM down, ofc. Say he gave too much or too little. Was too fawning or not enough. They'd have done it better. Nothing will come of it.
But in their black shrivelled heart they'll know Starmer played a blinder.
Are you sure? US have always paid us for our Chagos work before. Matesrates deals on nuclear weaponry.
@JohnRentoul
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News from
@George_Osborne
on the podcast:
@ShippersUnbound
moving from The Sunday Times to The Spectator
I can’t believe I said that: Trump doesn’t remember calling Zelenskyy “dictator”
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/02/27/i-cant-believe-i-said-that-trump-doesnt-remember-calling-zelenskyy-dictator/
Weirdly, those who called Biden senile are now silent.
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Starmer is consistently at his best when reacting to a specific problem where he has a clear goal.
It's when confronted with a blank sheet of paper that he struggles.
https://bsky.app/profile/samfr.bsky.social/post/3lj6ufsmkwk2d
Very much like El Gord in that regard.
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Replying to @JohnRentoul and @George_Osborne
The only problem with this revelation is that I have neither accepted a new job nor resigned from my current one. As I explained to GO when I heard he was planning to broadcast this. If I behaved like this as a journalist I would very quickly be out of business
He took Labour from landslide loss to landslide win in 5 years. He is no fool.
His opponents misjudge him at their peril.
Trump may have some serious, undisclosed health issues.