The reality of the changing global order is getting real for Keir Starmer as the UK has declined to join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’. Another Labour decision that will not go down well in DC…
High-level US sources in the administration have suggested to Guido that the ultimate result of the UK continuing with Starmer’s botched Chagos deal could be that America cuts off a degree of vital intelligence sharing. This is the key lock that Trump has on Starmer, he is motivated enough to use it over Chagos…
The issue is directly relevant as Diego Garcia is an active intelligence asset used by both US and UK forces. Individuals – including those with links to the US intelligence establishment – have confirmed that Trump’s ire is so severe with Starmer that a degree of cooperation “could be terminated”. It doesn’t matter what happens in Parliament if this route is activated…
No10 refused yesterday to say that the US continues to support the Chagos deal. Something which Starmer’s spokesman had insisted even in aftermath of Trump’s attack…
There’s not only huge diplomatic, parliamentary and public pressure to block the Chagos deal, but there’s also now pressure in the military community. Another Labour u-turn coming…
Shadow national security minister Alicia Kearns told Times Radio she would have put a precondition on a China trip if she were PM:
“I would have put a precondition that I was not going to go if I was prime minister, unless Jimmy Lai was coming home with me. I would also put a precondition in the six months leading up to the visit that I wanted a reduction in hostile acts against our country. But that’s not what we saw. And actually, in contrast, what we saw was clearly the Chinese Communist Party did put a precondition, which was that the new embassy in London had to be signed off. So why is it okay for China to set preconditions and to make very clear red lines about what they require for a visit, but we go without having put any ourselves?”