Milei’s spokesman has today announced that Argentina will pull out of the WHO. Following Trump’s lead…
He says this is because of “deep differences regarding health management especially during the pandemic” and that the WHO’s management put Argentina under “certain countries’ political influence.” Argentina currently contributes 0.71% of the WHO’s budget. About $50 million…
Over in the UK Labour is increasing funding to the body to the tune of hundreds of millions. Naturally…
Tom Baldwin, author of Starmer’s hagiography, spoke to Times Radio:
Tom Baldwin: “I think he’d like to do something. He’s very dutiful and driven by service. That’s why he came into politics. I think that’s characterised his time as prime minister. He hasn’t always sought popularity or been good at being popular. But I think he has some of the necessary qualities that we actually do want in a prime minister. That resilience, that relentlessness, that ability to carry the weight and the job really does weigh very heavily on people and he carries that weight very, very well.”
Jo Coburn: “NATO Secretary-General?”
Tom Baldwin: “I think that’s something that he would be interested in. I think it probably requires Andy Burnham’s government to support him in that and these are some of the questions which Andy Burnham has to resolve quite quickly.”