Viktor Orban, in a chummy mood with all the other European leaders, was nowhere to be seen by the time Starmer arrived at the summit in Budapest. Orban got a lot of love from Starmer in Blenheim over the summer. Unrequited love…
UPDATE: Downing Street says Starmer was late on arrival, and Orban will be shaking hands with him separately.
The day after Starmer U-turned and refused to blame Trump for the war Rachel Reeves told the Mirror:
“Obviously no sensible person is a supporter of the Iranian regime, but to start a conflict without being clear what the objectives are and not being clear about how you are going to get out of it, I do think that is a folly and it is one that is affecting families here in the UK but also families in the US and around the world.”