WestBromwich@feddit.uk to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 19 hours agoStarmer congratulates Trump on ‘historic election victory’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up142arrow-down1external-linkStarmer congratulates Trump on ‘historic election victory’www.theguardian.comWestBromwich@feddit.uk to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTenebris Nox@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoReally awful. Starmer could congratulate Trump without indulging him.
minus-squareWestBromwich@feddit.ukOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 hours agoRealistically perhaps Britain just needs partners, with the US of course being a major partner (Five Eyes for example). If we weren’t so closely tied to the US then maybe Starmer could be making a statement similar to that of Macron and Scholz today: Germany, France vow close cooperation after US election… “We will work in this new context for a more united, stronger, more sovereign Europe…”
Really awful. Starmer could congratulate Trump without indulging him.
Realistically perhaps Britain just needs partners, with the US of course being a major partner (Five Eyes for example).
If we weren’t so closely tied to the US then maybe Starmer could be making a statement similar to that of Macron and Scholz today:
Germany, France vow close cooperation after US election… “We will work in this new context for a more united, stronger, more sovereign Europe…”