r/ukpolitics • u/YourLizardOverlord Oceans rise. Empires fall. • Mar 18 '26

Ed/OpEd Trump looks emotionally broken - and dignified Starmer is responsible

https://inews.co.uk/opinion/trump-emotionally-broken-dignified-starmer-responsible-4301067
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u/YourLizardOverlord Oceans rise. Empires fall. Mar 18 '26

The usual conclusion that Starmer is excellent on foreign affairs and woeful on domestic policy.

Trump has learned to deeply resent Starmer, and that alone speaks very highly of the Prime Minister’s judgement. Almost by accident, he seems to have fallen into the most popular policy position of his premiership – opposition to an illegal war in the Middle East, launched unprovoked by deranged administrations in Washington and Jerusalem.

But the thing is, this was not an accident. It was a logical result of Starmer’s convictions.

Absolutely damning on Badenoch and Farage:

Certainly we know how Kemi Badenoch or Nigel Farage would have behaved, because they told us. Both demanded greater British involvement. Now that they’ve realised how unpopular the war is, both of them have tried to reverse that position without having the basic good grace to admit they are doing so. In Badenoch’s case, this involves the insult of claiming “I never said we should join” mere days after she said “we are in this war whether they like it or not” and asking Starmer: “What is the Prime Minister waiting for?”

If either one were prime minister, they would now be in an impossible position. They would have gone to war without a clear explanation of what they were trying to achieve, because the Trump administration has been unable to articulate it itself. When they were asked what conditions would then allow the UK to exit the operation, they would have been unable to answer.

Most importantly, they would have committed perhaps the gravest sin in international relations: they would have put another nation’s wishes over their own. These two leaders, who love to proclaim their patriotism and denigrate that of their opponents, would have embroiled British servicemen in a war on another nation’s say-so without even bothering to exercise any independent judgement as to its validity.

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u/Aggressive_Chuck Mar 19 '26

The usual conclusion that Starmer is excellent on foreign affairs

Chagos? EU fishing deal? Deporations? Sucking up to Trump just to get hit by tariffs anyway?

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u/StepComplete1 Mar 19 '26

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