Starmer’s spokesman this afternoon said “serious behind the scenes diplomacy has got us to this place” after Trump said a framework of a deal had been reached and he would be cancelling tariffs scheduled to come into force shortly. Lobby journalists were told that “constant communication with the US administration in Davos and working closely with the Nato Secretary-General” by British officials is to thank in large part for the resolution. ‘We are the real Trump whisperers, promise!’
The Lobby recently discovered extracts from a book – The New Machiavelli – written by National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell in which he says the two approaches to take to the US are the publicly belligerent French one or behind-the-scenes proximate diplomacy favoured by the British. A blindingly obvious point made by countless others for years…
Speaking at Davos, Zelensky said:
“Europe loves to discuss the future, but avoids taking action today. Action that defines what kind of future we will have. That’s the problem.”