At Turnberry in Scotland Trump offered Starmer some advice on how to win elections:
‘The one who cuts taxes the most, the one who gives you the lowest energy prices, the one who keeps you out of wars… low taxes, keep us safe, keep us out of wars… And in your case a big immigration component. I won because we had a lousy president.”
Douglas Alexander – a friend of Starmer’s – was asked on Sky News if the PM will be in post at the next election. He wasn’t so sure himself:
“I think he will. There are no certainties but of course I think he will lead and I think he should because, frankly, on the biggest call in this parliament he’s exercised the right judgment, which is to keep us out of someone else’s war.”