Trump has taken another swipe at Keir Starmer, this time in a phone interview with Sky News‘ Mark Stone. Even threatening to rip up the US-UK Economic Prosperity Deal agreed last year…
“It’s sad… and we gave them a good trade deal. Better than I had to. Which can always be changed…
“I love your country and I would love to see it succeed. But if you have bad immigration policies and bad energy policies, you have the worst of both. You can’t succeed, not possible.”
He added it was a “tragic mistake” not to drill in the North Sea. Meanwhile Reeves in DC for face-to-face talks with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just a day after attacking the “folly” of Trump’s actions in Iran. Good luck…
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”