Perfect Peter grew up to be Prime Minister and still finds himself pushed around by Horrid Henry. This is the relationship that Keir Starmer and Donald Trump find themselves in.
Starmer, a former human rights lawyer, allows himself to be lectured on international law by an especially ginger orangutan. Communications between the two are frankly embarrassing for the nation. Trump spits out insults and degradation to the UK more often than he flirts with Mamdani. He says that Starmer is “no Winston Churchill,” insinuating that the special relationship between the US and UK, established by this former PM, is no more.
In light of these digs, Starmer did not act as a dignified and formidable PM. Instead he was just another Republican congressman holding Trump’s hand with a blindfold on. Starmer boasts that “American planes are operating out of British bases, that is the special relationship in action.” Starmer is more keen to follow every order of Trump, than to acknowledge the anti-war mood in the country.
Trump treats sovereign European nations as if they were American states refusing to hoist up the US flag. He threatened to take away funding for New York City as a result of its politics and is threatening Europe in a similar manner.
“We’re gonna cut off all trade with Spain.” The words of a little rich boy who got told no more caviar tonight. Spain was badly bruised by Trump after refusing to let him use their bases for this war. But Europe respects them all the more for it.
Starmer must embody this defiant approach as we cannot allow the UK to be absorbed into American federalism. Our future does not lie there. If Starmer does not realise that soon then his future will lie nowhere.
“Britain has not declined because of its people. It has declined because of weak leadership.” Normally I would avoid quoting Farage. However, this quote reflects the country’s shame in Starmer’s approach to Iran. Labour took bronze in the Gordon and Denton By-Election because the country respects him as much as Trump does.
It was not enough for Starmer to lay down his coat over a puddle so Trump didn’t get his boots wet, he laid down his entire body. He accepted US military presence in UK bases, that was enough to make my eyes roll. But then he makes excuses for his inaction: no formal request came from the US and therefore his government could not respond. This finally made me read the Greens’ manifesto.
After Iraq and Gaza, to name but a few devastating international conflicts, Starmer’s first approach displayed the minimum amount of caution that the country should expect. The UK is searching for its pride and we won’t find it until we act in ways we can be proud of.
The war in Iran is illegal. While we should all be hopeful at the idea of a free Iran and support the defence and rescue of Britons trapped in the middle of this conflict, Western missions to the Middle East and other turbulent nations are never successful. The UK has now, by allowing the US to use their bases, committed itself to this war.
Soon after Starmer nasally drawled out his commitments to the US, UK bases in Cyprus were attacked by Hezbollah.Warships and Wildcat helicopters are now stationed in Cyprus. When Starmer sleeps, I’m sure he can hear boots on the ground slowly marching towards Iran.
Downing Street’s Media and Communications department must have been hired by the same people who hired the BAFTA organisers, because they could not be doing worse. Starmer has not taken this to parliament, which, as was the case with Tony Blair, would have saved him much of the blame. Instead, Starmer attracts negative media like pigs attract Cameron. Iran is Starmer’s Iraq.
The UK needs to throw its own Boston Tea Party, rejecting American imperialism from encroaching further on our sovereignty. Our sovereignty lies with Parliament, so Keir Starmer should use it.
“Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends the G7 Summit in Canada (54594328961)” by Number 10 is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
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Perfect Peter grew up to be Prime Minister and still finds himself pushed around by Horrid Henry. This is the relationship that Keir Starmer and Donald Trump find themselves in.
Starmer, a former human rights lawyer, allows himself to be lectured on international law by an especially ginger orangutan. Communications between the two are frankly embarrassing for the nation. Trump spits out insults and degradation to the UK more often than he flirts with Mamdani. He says that Starmer is “no Winston Churchill,” insinuating that the special relationship between the US and UK, established by this former PM, is no more.
In light of these digs, Starmer did not act as a dignified and formidable PM. Instead he was just another Republican congressman holding Trump’s hand with a blindfold on. Starmer boasts that “American planes are operating out of British bases, that is the special relationship in action.” Starmer is more keen to follow every order of Trump, than to acknowledge the anti-war mood in the country.
Trump treats sovereign European nations as if they were American states refusing to hoist up the US flag. He threatened to take away funding for New York City as a result of its politics and is threatening Europe in a similar manner.
“We’re gonna cut off all trade with Spain.” The words of a little rich boy who got told no more caviar tonight. Spain was badly bruised by Trump after refusing to let him use their bases for this war. But Europe respects them all the more for it.
Starmer must embody this defiant approach as we cannot allow the UK to be absorbed into American federalism. Our future does not lie there. If Starmer does not realise that soon then his future will lie nowhere.
“Britain has not declined because of its people. It has declined because of weak leadership.” Normally I would avoid quoting Farage. However, this quote reflects the country’s shame in Starmer’s approach to Iran. Labour took bronze in the Gordon and Denton By-Election because the country respects him as much as Trump does.
It was not enough for Starmer to lay down his coat over a puddle so Trump didn’t get his boots wet, he laid down his entire body. He accepted US military presence in UK bases, that was enough to make my eyes roll. But then he makes excuses for his inaction: no formal request came from the US and therefore his government could not respond. This finally made me read the Greens’ manifesto.
After Iraq and Gaza, to name but a few devastating international conflicts, Starmer’s first approach displayed the minimum amount of caution that the country should expect. The UK is searching for its pride and we won’t find it until we act in ways we can be proud of.
The war in Iran is illegal. While we should all be hopeful at the idea of a free Iran and support the defence and rescue of Britons trapped in the middle of this conflict, Western missions to the Middle East and other turbulent nations are never successful. The UK has now, by allowing the US to use their bases, committed itself to this war.
Soon after Starmer nasally drawled out his commitments to the US, UK bases in Cyprus were attacked by Hezbollah.Warships and Wildcat helicopters are now stationed in Cyprus. When Starmer sleeps, I’m sure he can hear boots on the ground slowly marching towards Iran.
Downing Street’s Media and Communications department must have been hired by the same people who hired the BAFTA organisers, because they could not be doing worse. Starmer has not taken this to parliament, which, as was the case with Tony Blair, would have saved him much of the blame. Instead, Starmer attracts negative media like pigs attract Cameron. Iran is Starmer’s Iraq.
The UK needs to throw its own Boston Tea Party, rejecting American imperialism from encroaching further on our sovereignty. Our sovereignty lies with Parliament, so Keir Starmer should use it.
“Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends the G7 Summit in Canada (54594328961)” by Number 10 is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
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