Starmer vows to push for Ukraine’s sovereignty in Trump talks next week
Sir Keir Starmer has told Volodymyr Zelensky he would discuss the importance of safeguarding Ukraine’s sovereignty in talks with Donald Trump next week as he reiterated Britain’s “ironclad support” for the country.
The Prime Minister insisted Kyiv’s voice must be at the heart of any peace negotiations and said he would be “progressing these important discussions” on his visit to Washington, Downing Street said.
Starmer has reached a point where hardly anyone cares what he says, a point where those who pay attention are mainly interested in when and how he is replaced - and if there is any prospect of the damage being repaired.
A grim state of affairs, but this is where we are, with an extremely authoritarian, ideological and incompetent Prime Minister and political administration.
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The longer this Ukrainian nonsense goes on, the better. Whatever he does there has zero impact on us, as he has been ignored and thwarted at every turn and is now just talking platitudes. At least it stops him doing anything more dangerous, like renegotiating closer ties with Europe or thinking about energy policies.
I can't even add anything to your post, AK!
The bloke's an idiot, and a laughing stock amongst everyone much better than him!
If Starmer had any ability he could have done something already. But in a populist western world headed towards plain speaking 'platitudes' are discounted. If anything, platitudes are now seen as a sign of indifference and incompetence.
Sam - another plus is that his colleague must understand the need for a leader with more awareness of personal reputation and how it reflects on other senior members of the government. Starmer seems to have no awareness at all.
Scrobs - yes he's an idiot. Perhaps not in the narrow confines of purely legal work, but outside those confines he's an idiot.
DJ - I agree, the mood is changing and Starmer is not the kind of person to sense or respond to a change of political mood, especially one which goes against the grain of his ideology. He doesn't seem to know what is going on.
We were chatting about who would replace Sir Pink Blancmange. We thought it might be The Shrew vs Stress Wetting. Then my wife recalled a friend in London who often meets politicians and sums them up irrespective of party. He thinks the latter is a nasty piece of work. He hasn't met the former.
Question is … how much damage will he do before finally being toppled?
Churchill said of the Gallipoli campaign, in his history of the First World War, that the War Office provided 'two thirds of what was required, three months late'. Starmer's proposed increase in defence spending is one tenth of what is required half a decade late. Why? Because all of the necessary money is being spent on Net Zero in a hurry.
dearieme - I'm not surprised to hear Stress Wetting is a nasty piece of work, but I don't know why. He seems to be a True Believer under that smiley exterior though.
James - a great deal because no party apart from Reform seems interested in repealing the legal junk as a key political message.
decnine - and much disappears via other forms of waste and obstructive incompetence, probably more than we'll ever know.
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