Remember when the commentariat insisted Starmer was some kind of Trump whisperer? How’s that looking now…
“President Trump deployed words on Chagos yesterday that were different to his previous words of welcome and support when I met him in the White House. He deployed those words yesterday for the express purpose of putting pressure on me and Britain in relation to my values and principles on the future of Greenland. He wants me to yield on my position and I am not going to do so. Given that was his express purpose, I’m surprised the leader of the opposition has jumped on the bandwagon.”
Badenoch reminded Starmer that David Lammy had previously claimed the surrender wouldn’t go ahead without Trump’s backing. There is no world in which the deal goes ahead without US support…
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood introduced her speech on migration reforms at the IPPR:
“There’s no denying we meet at a difficult time for my party.”