Bad news for the progressive media once again—turns out Trump’s policies aren’t just popular across the pond, but they’re resonating with British voters too. A new Opinium poll reveals that a majority of Brits back the President’s hard-line stance on migration, with 58% agreeing that the UK should declare its own “border emergency.” No surprise there given the ever-growing waves of Channel boat crossings…
Meanwhile 53% of Brits support Trump’s vision of a “merit-based, colour-blind society” and that there are only two genders, 55% want to fill our gas reserves up again and export it across the world, and 56% are on board with slapping tariffs on foreign imports to protect British jobs. Red Ed and the liberal elite won’t be getting much sleep over those numbers…
Over the weekend, Trump proved that decisive action gets results. After he slapped a 25% tariff on all Colombian goods in response to President Gustavo Petro blocking two US deportation flights, it took just hours for Petro to fold, agreeing to accept deported migrants without restrictions. Starmer finally got his much-anticipated call with Trump, after the President praised him for doing a “very good job”. The irony wasn’t lost on pundits, given Starmer once claimed a Trump endorsement was more of a curse than a blessing. Perhaps Starmer can turn to his newfound friend for inspiration on how to turn around his dire polling numbers…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”
